Old English · noun

rima

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈri.mɑ/
Syllables: ˈri · mɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: rim edge coast border bank

Meaning

edge; rim; border
bank (of a river, stream, etc.)
coast

Declension

Declension of rima
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rima	riman
Accusative	riman	riman
Genitive	riman	rimena
Dative	riman	rimum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rimō, from Proto-Germanic *rimô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Middle Low German remme, Old West Norse rimi (Norwegian rime), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

Descendants

rim

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