thrum
.
Searchable Lemmata: þrum (OE), thrum (ME), thrum (MdE).
Alternate Forms: throm, throme, thromes, throomb, thrume, thrumme, thrummes, thrwm, thurm, tromes, trum.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Manufacture;
excess or waste thread or yarn; unwoven pieces of the warp remaining on the loom after weaving a garment. These pieces were often used to join a second piece of cloth. A similar use of the term is found in the Old English compound tungeðrum, the ligament joining the tongue to the body. Also (fig.), trifle, a worthless thing.(ante 1350 still in current use)
1. [2.5] ... Drap ... fait de fil de lein appele thromes ... [2.7] ... Ordinee est qe nul hom face amesner hors de ceste ville nule manere drap a foler qe home appele raucloth.
Legal.
[MED LRed Bk.Bristol (2.5-7) circa 1346]
2. [36a/b] ... Lacerna, pallium fymbriatum: a cowle, a dudde, or a gowne ... [37b/b] ... Liciatorium: lignum quod super [Pep: super quod] licium voluitur, i. a web bem ... Licium: a þrum [Cnt: thrumme; Hrl 1738: thurm].
Lexicon.
[MED *Medulla ((Stnh A.1.10) 36a/b-37b/b) ante 1425]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, OE -þrum (second element in compound).
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