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truma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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truma, an; m.
a troop of soldiers, v. trymman, I. 6, II.
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  • -Truma

    acies, exercitus,

      Hpt. Gl. 477, 13.
  • Hé férde mid fyrdlícum truman and ða burh geeode. Jos. 11. 10: Homl. Ass. 113, 356.
  • Truman

    aciem,

      Hpt. Gl. 426, 69.
  • Hé gesette ða menn on ǽnne truman, ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr on ðæm londe slóg,

      Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 80, 19.
  • Hé hæfde eahta and eahtatig coortana, ðast wé nú truman hátaþ,

      5, 12 ; Swt. 240, 33.
  • Ða ísnodan truman

    ferratas acies.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 52.
order of troops,
array
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  • Hé ð æt folc búton truman lǽdde

    he led the army withtout keeping any order,

      Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 14.
a support, v. wyrt-truma.
Etymology
[Breken Modredes trume, Laym. 28352. þat eadi trume of meidens, H. M. 21, 33. Ðu (Jacob) and ðin trume ben. . . to me welcume, Gen. and Ex. 1829. Hauclok was a ful god gome, He was ful god in eueri trome, Havel. 8.]
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v. fyrd-, ge-, scild-truma.
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