Middle English Dictionary Entry
rīmen v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | rīmen v.(3) Also rime, (chiefly SEM) reme(n & (SW, early SW and SWM) rume(n; p. rimed, etc. & (early SWM) rumde. |
| Etymology | OE rȳman, rīman, LOE (?K) rēmen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. irimen v., roumen v.
1.
(a) To retreat, depart; die; refl. depart, go away; depart from (a land), leave; ~ abak (ayen), retreat; ~ flet, give ground; (b) to clear a way; clear (a way), clear (a path of enemies); (c) to open up (sth.), prepare; make room for (sb.); ~ up, clear up (a garden), tidy up; (d) refl.to draw oneself up, sit up straight; (e) to extend, spread; (f) to become clear, become empty.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2351 : In his londen ich wulle gon..bute he..mi londe rume & fare to his riche.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5307 : Wið him he wolde fehte, buten he him wolde rumen [Otho: fleon] & bilæuen þæs riche.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)90/166 : Not no man þe time hwanne he scal henne rimen [Jes-O: turne].
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)73/1272 : Þu makedest me fleme & þi lond to reme.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.71 : Þe rouht of þare rascaile he did it rere & ryme, Normanz & Flemmyng taile he kutted many tyme.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3735 : Hij ne mowen þat assaut stonde..And gynneþ reme manlich flett.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4333 : Ac eueryche aȝein shulde reme Als hij hadden taken fleme.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7408 : Porus bigan a-bacche reme.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9868 : Þe beste frendes..Conseilled hym..gyue no bataille at þat tyme, Bot let his folk sprede & ryme.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14136 : Walwain bi-foren wende and þene wæi rumde.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11073 : Hii aliȝte wiþ drawe suerd..& wiþ mani an hard stroc rumede hor wey anon.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4398 : viii þousand þo hadde Lot, Þat wele him holpe..Þe waies & þe paþes ȝeme And of þe Sarrains him [read: hem] reme.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3343 : He is þe first wiþ swerd þat remeþ--Þou art þe first wiþ hors þat flemeþ.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1775 : Ich hine gret..& hatine fare swiþe..and rumen him herberia [Otho: nimen him on in] i summe riche burie.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)7 : Vcchen out þe gurdel & rume þe wombe.
- c1400 St.Alex.(2) (Trin-O 57)69/505 : Remeþ me [vr. ȝiueþ me roum]..And leteþ me go to my sone.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)289 : Rayse vp thi rent-howses, ryme vp thi ȝerdes.
d
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)308 : When non wolde kepe hym with carp he coȝed ful hyȝe, Ande rimed hym ful richly, & ryȝt hym to speke.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4931 : Þe renke within þe redell þan raxsils his armes, Rymed him full renyschly & rekind þir wordis, 'Haile, Alexander!'
e
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6473 : Þat word com to herede hu þe king iuaren hafde; þa wes muchel reoðe & rumede [Otho: ifalle] to folke.
f
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)77.20/16 : Nime betonica..wille þanne on beore swiðe þearle, drinca þanne þreo ful fulle a niht-nihstiȝ, þanne rumeð him ðat innoð sona.