rimen

Catalan

Verb

rimen

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Japanese

Romanization

rimen

1. Rōmaji transcription of りめん

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *rīman, from Proto-Germanic *rīmaną.

Verb

rimen

1. to rhyme, to compose a rhyme
2. to write poetry in general

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive	rimen
3rd sg. past	—
3rd pl. past	—
Past participle	—
Infinitive	rimen
In genitive	rimens
In dative	rimene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	rime	—
2nd singular	rijms, rimes	—
3rd singular	rijmt, rimet	—
1st plural	rimen	—
2nd plural	rijmt, rimet	—
3rd plural	rimen	—
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	rime	—
2nd singular	rijms, rimes	—
3rd singular	rime	—
1st plural	rimen	—
2nd plural	rijmt, rimet	—
3rd plural	rimen	—
Imperative	Present
Singular	rijm, rime
Plural	rijmt, rimet
	Present	Past
Participle	rimende	—

Further reading

• “rimen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “rimen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• rime, reime, ryme

Etymology

From Old English rīman (“to count, enumerate, number”), from Proto-Germanic *rīmaną.

Verb

rimen (third-person singular simple present rimeth, present participle rimende, rimynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle rimed)

1. to count, enumerate

   Ic ne mai rimen ne tellen all ðo sennes … — Vices and Virtues, 1225

   Of sorowe þat myghte he ryme Of x thousande men lefte no moo But sexty men and twelfe. — Sultan of Babylon, 1450

Conjugation

Conjugation of rimen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) rimen, rime
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	rime	rimed
2nd-person singular	rimest	rimedest
3rd-person singular	rimeth	rimed
subjunctive singular	rime
imperative singular		—
plural1	rimen, rime	rimeden, rimede
imperative plural	rimeth, rime	—
participles	rimynge, rimende	rimed, yrimed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: rhyme

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rimet

Noun

rimen m or n

1. definite masculine singular of rim (Etymology 2)

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Spanish

Verb

rimen

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of rimar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of rimar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of rimar.