rimen

Catalan

Verb

rimen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of rimar

Japanese

Romanization

rimen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りめん

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

Conjugation of rimen (weak)
infinitive base form rimen
genitive rimens
dative rimene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular rime rime
2nd person singular rijms, rimes rijms, rimes
3rd person singular rijmt, rimet rime
1st person plural rimen rimen
2nd person plural rijmt, rimet rijmt, rimet
3rd person plural rimen rimen
imperative
singular rijm, rime
plural rijmt, rimet
present past
participle rimende

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

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

Descendants

  • English: rhyme

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

rimen m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of rim (Etymology 2)

Spanish

Verb

rimen

  1. inflection of rimar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative