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rømme homograph 2

verbverb

to escape · to run away · to flee

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt rýma ‘gjøre rommeligere, rydde, flytte’; beslektet med rom (III)room · space og rom (IV)roomy · spacious · ample Old Norse rýma 'to make roomier, to clear, to move'; related to rom (III)room · space and rom (IV)roomy · spacious · ample

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. forlate et sted, frivillig eller tvungent;
    forlate, flytte ut av;
    trekke seg bort fra     to leave a place, voluntarily or under duress;
    to abandon, to move out of;
    to withdraw from
    • rømme byen to flee the city
  2. flykte (1)to flee to fleeflykte (1)
    • rømme fra fengslet to escape from prison
    • de rømte hjemmefra they ran away from home