Old English · noun

rim

Normalised rīm

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /riːm/
Syllables: riːm (1 syllable)
Modern English: number rhyme rime

Meaning

number

Declension

Declension of rim
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rīm	rīm
Accusative	rīm	rīm
Genitive	rīmes	rīma
Dative	rīme	rīmum

All forms (5)

rīm
rīmes
rīma
rīme
rīmum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rīm, from Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“number, count, series”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to reason, count”). Akin to Old Frisian rīm, Old Saxon -rīm, Old High German rīm, Icelandic rím.

Descendants

rhyme, rime

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