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rimen

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Catalan

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Verb

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rimen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of rimar

Japanese

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Romanization

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rimen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りめん

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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rimen

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

Inflection

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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

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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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

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  • English: rhyme

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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rimen m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of rim (Etymology 2)

Spanish

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Verb

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rimen

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