m. I. local, room, space :-- Under rodera rúm, Cd. Th. 71, 5; Gen. 1166. Hig næfdon rúm on cumena húse non erat eis locus in diversorio, Lk. Skt. 2, 7. II. temporal, space of time :-- Næhtes rúme noctis spatio, Rtl. 36, 35. Þerh alle tído rúmo per omnium horarum spatia, 171, 41. III. time which allows unhindered or unhurried action, opportunity :-- Rúm wæs tó nimanne londbúendum on hyra ealdfeóndum herereáf the men of the land had ample opportunity of taking the spoil from their ancient foes, Judth. Thw. 26, 7; Jud. 314. Hig ne móston rúm habban ðæt hig hit on riht gebócon (Aegyptiis nullam facere sinentibus moram), Ex. 12, 39. Fýrdraca rǽsde on ðone rófan ða him rúm ágeald (when the opportunity was given him), Beo. Th. 5374; B. 2690. Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend, Met. 10, 30. [Goth. rúms : O. Sax. rúm : O. H. Ger. rúm : Icel. rúm; n.]