Middle English Dictionary Entry
rīmen v.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | rīmen v.(1) Also rim(e; p.pl. rimed(en, rimiden, (error) remedyn; ppl. i)rimed. |
Etymology | OF rimer |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To make verses, make rimes, write poetry; recite poems, sing songs; ~ of (on), write verses about (sb. or sth.); (b) to tell a tale in verse; relate (sth., that sth. is so) in verse, relate in riming verse; in holi writ we rime, we versify (an incident) in a pious narration; (c) to fit into verse, fit into riming verse; also, fig. agree, make sense; (d) to whisper; -- ?error for rounen v.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)5 : Ich nelle eov noþer rede ne rime of kyng ne of Eorl..Ake of a womman ichchulle ov telle.
- a1350 Of Rybaudȝ (Hrl 2253)1 : Of rybaudȝ y ryme ant rede o mi rolle, of gedelynges, gromes, of colyn & of Colle.
- c1390 Treat.Mass (Vrn)620 : I con not wonder wel ryme On latin ȝou to lere.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1093 : He hath bitrayed folkes many tyme; Of his falsnesse it dulleth me to ryme.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)223 : Þis are the maters..þat i thynk in þis bok to draw, Schortly rimand on þe dede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5398 : It wer in veyn mor þer-of to ryme.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.532 : I shal byjaped ben a thousand tyme More than that fol of whos folie men ryme.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)434 : Rymyn: Rithmico.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4741 : Mynstrals bygon to blowe & ryme, Als þer custume was þat tyme.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)520 : O Cipris..ye me to endite and ryme Helpeth, that on Parnaso duelle.
- c1450(c1393) Chaucer Scog.(Benson-Robinson)35 : Lo, olde Grisel lyst to ryme and playe!
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)104b : To Ryme: Rithmicare.
- 1532(?a1405) Lydg.FCourt.(Thynne)101 : For her sake nowe this holy tyme..somwhat shal I write, Al-though so be that I can not ryme.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)101/73 : Þer-fore þys tale rymeþ Hou men in senne beþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)99/18 : God þe uader..ne heþ none hede of longe ryote of tales y-slyked ne y-rymed.
- ?c1350 Ballad Sc.Wars (Jul A.5)99 : Rym itt es recth als þou may..And warn em wel, wytouten nay.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1459 : Who koude ryme in englissh proprely His martirdom, for sothe it am noght I.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1370 : Al the hole progenie Of goddes in that ilke time To long it were forto rime.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)25597 : Þen, ihesus, þou was tane fra of þe crosse in flesshe & bane in hali writte we rime.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)180 : Mayster Wace, to make romance had he grace..& rymed it in Frankis fyne.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.277 : Þei filed þer face, þat died in þat place, þe Inglis rymed þis.
- c1415 Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Corp-O 198)F.711 : Thise olde gentile britouns..Of diuerse auentures maden layes, Rymeden [vrr. Rimyden, Remedyn, Rymyng] in here firste britoun tonge.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3464 : Þus shal I..for his expleit y-preye..Þat whylom gaf me in commaundement..Þe sege of Troye on my maner to ryme.
- (1426-7) Paston (EETS)1.8 : Walter Aslak..and..Richard Kyllyngworth..many manaces of deth..maden..by certeyns Englishe billes rymed in partye.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)2191 : My mastyr Chauncerys..With many prouerbys hys bokys he rymyd naturally.
- c1450(c1393) Chaucer Scog.(Benson-Robinson)41 : But al shal passe that men prose or ryme.
- ?a1475 Banester Guiscardo (Add 12524)502 : Allace! thys sorow may nat welle be rymed.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)31 : Now this drem wol I ryme [F rimaier] aright.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.657 : Þouȝ þe termys in englisch wolde ryme, To rekne hem alle I haue as now no tyme.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)227/79 : Make þe of proporcyon two smale legges And a gret body, þow it ryme nowth.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Rhyme WA (Hrl 2251)56 : To make a shippard of a wielde lyoun, It may wele ryme, but it accordith nought.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)51/74 : These thinges..mowe wel, if men liste, ryme; trewly, they acorde nothing.
d
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)14276 : In hir ere ho con to rime [Vsp: run], 'criste', ho saide, 'is commin in time [Vsp: tun].'