Middle English Dictionary Entry

rīmen v.(1)
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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.