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n. [A. S. rím and ge-rím], a computation, esp. a calendar, almanac, Rb. passim; rímna bók, an almanac, Am. 19.
COMPDS: Rímbegla, rímkænn, rímspillir, rímtal.
B. [Gr.-Lat. rhythmus?], a rhyme, rhymed song; this word, which is altogether different from the preceding, occurs first in Barl., görðu sér heimskir menn mörg rim ok ræður, 34; hégómlegar sögur, rím eða ræður, ljóð eða kvæði, 40.
II. an end-rhyme; in Icel. the word appears in the 14th century along with the kind of ballads called ríma, with alternate rhymes; for the ancient poets only used rhymes within the same verse line, called hending; see, however, the remarks s. v. rún-henda; eitt þýzkt rím, D. N. v. 640.