Old English · noun
rimere
Normalised rīmere
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈriː.me.re/
- Syllables
- ˈriː · me · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- rimerreckonercalculatescomputescountscalculatecompute
Meaning
-
one who computes, counts, or calculates; a reckoner
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rīmą (“number”) + Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz (nominal agent suffix), equivalent to Old English rīm (“enumeration”) + -ere (“-er”). Related to Old English rīman (“to count, number, reckon, enumerate, calculate, compute”). More at rime.
Descendants
rimer
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