hrum

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrūm.

Noun

hrūm m

  1. soot
    • 9th century, Old English martyrology, entry for Bartholomew on August 25:
      He him ætywde miċelne siġelhearwan ðǣm wæs sēo onsȳn sweartre ðonne hrūm ... ― He showed them a big Ethiopian whose face was blacker than soot ...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hrūm hrūmas
accusative hrūm hrūmas
genitive hrūmes hrūma
dative hrūme hrūmum

Derived terms

See also

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