† a-ˈroom, adv. Obs.
Forms: 3–4 aroum(e, 5 a-rowme, arombe, 6 a-room.
[orig. on r{uacu}m, on r{uacu}me, to or at a space or distance: see a prep.1 and room.]
To or at a distance; apart, aside, off.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 4000 He bad balaac stonden ðor-bi, And ȝede onrum. c 1300 K. Alis. 1637 Aroum anon he drow. c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame 540, I a roume was in the field. c 1449 Pecock Repr. ii. xx. 271 Forto haue it arombe. c 1530 Hickscorner in Hazl. Dodsley I. 154 Aware, fellows, and stand a-room. |