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Trymness

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f. I. firmness, non est firmamentum in plaga eorum. Ps. Th. 72, 3. Hiora trymnisse liomana suorum firmitate membrorum, Rtl. 32, 15. II. that which makes a firm, a support, prop, (a) literal :-- Man ða ilcan studu útan tó gesette tó trymnesse (wræðe, col. l) ðæs wáges (in munimentum parietis) . . . tó trymnesse (fultume, col. l) ðæs húses infulcimentum domus, Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 544, 21-36. (b) figurative :-- Drihten, ðú eart mín trymenes (-nis, Ps. Surt. ) Dominus firmamentum meum, Ps. Th. 17, 1. Ð ú eart min trymnes (trymenis. Ps. Surt), 30, 4. (c) a firm place, fastness, (firmamentum; rodor. Ps. Lamb. ) in eorðan in heánissum munta, Ps. Surt. 71, 16. III. a strengthening, a confirmation, (a) of a statement, agreement, etc. :-- Trymnes confirmatio, assertio. Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 27. Tó trymnisse testamento. Rtl. 191, 33. Trymnessum adstipulationibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 7: 3, 63. (b) of or in a purpose, belief, etc. :-- Ð á wæsgestrangod Agustinus mid trymnysse ðæs eádigan fæder roboratus confirmatione beati patris Agustinus, Bd. 1. 25; S. 486, 13. (c) a strengthening by words, an exhortation:-- Trymnes exortatio, i. monitio, doctrina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 77. Trymnises exortationis, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 5. Mid stefne his háligre trymenesse (trymnisse, Bd. M. 106, 26) and láre voce sanctae exhortationis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 18. Trymnyssum exhortationibus, 1. 7; S. 477, 3. Trymenessum, 5, 22 ; S. 644, 6.
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ᛏᚱᚣᛗᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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