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ríman

  • verb [ weak ]
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ríman, p. de.
to count, number
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  • Ducentesimus se ðe biþ on ðám twám hundredum æftemyst, ðon hí man rímþ,

      Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 5.

  • Næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs

    mos est, ex ea parte quae viceret occisorum non commemorare numerum,

      Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 22.

  • Cyninges þegnas oft ráde on ridon ðe mon ná ne rímde,

      Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 12.

  • Gif ic hí ríman onginne

    dinumerabo eos,

      Ps. Th. 138, 16.

  • Hé mæg ríman steorran

    qui numerat multitudinem stellarum,

      146, 4.
to enumerate, recount, describe in succession
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  • On ðam is godcundnesse wén ðe manna ingehygd wát and can and heora heortena deágol ealle smeáþ and rímeþ

    divinity is to be looked for in him that knows the minds of men, and scrutinizes and tells one by one the secrets of their hearts,

      Blickl. Homl. 179, 27.

  • Hú nytt rehton wé and rímdon ða cǽga búton wé eác feáwum wordum ætiéwen hwæt hié healden

    quid utilitatis est, quod cuncta haec collecta numeratione transcurrimus, si non etiam admonitionis modos per singula pandamus?

      Past. 23; Swt. 179, 11.

  • Hwæt sceal is má ríman yfel endeleás? Exon. Th. 272,

      27; Jul. 505.

  • Háligra manna naman rímende and gebedo singende

    laetanias canentes,

      Bd. 1. 25; S. 487, 4.
to calculate, compute, count up
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  • Ða reáferas geþenceaþ swíðe oft hú micel hié sellaþ swelce hié ða métsceattas ríman (

    quasi mercedem numerant

    ),
      Past. 45, 4; Swt. 343, 16.

  • For ege ðínum graman ðínne tó rímanne (dinumerare),

      Ps. Spl. 89, 13. [Beón
    ] rímed

    computari, numerari,

      Hpt. Gl. 482, 24.
to account, esteem as
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  • Gé beóþ mé talade and rímde on bearna stæl,

      Exon. Th. 366, 11; Reb. 10.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-ríman.]
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v. á-, ge-ríman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ríman.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25881.

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