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单词 rimth
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rimthn.

Forms: Old English rymþ, late Middle English rymth, late Middle English rymthe.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: room adj., -th suffix1.
Etymology: < room adj. + -th suffix1, with i-mutation of the stem vowel. Compare Middle Dutch ruumte , ruymte , ruumt (Dutch ruimte ), Middle Low German rǖmte . Compare also ( < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German) German Räumte the open sea (18th cent.). Compare a-rimth adv. and later roomth n.Compare also Older Scots rind, apparently in sense ‘breadth’ (one isolated attestation), perhaps a reflex of the same word:1587 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1888) V. 390/1 Ane uther merche stane set in rind and lenth fra the bankis.
Obsolete. rare.
Extent, room, space.
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OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) (1993) ii. 2 Ubique per tantam sui regni amplitudinem : æghwar geond swa mycele hys rices rymþe.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 434 Rymthe [?a1475 Winch. Rymth], or space, or rowme, spacium.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 434 Rymthe, or leysure, of tyme, oportunitas, vel spacium temporis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

rimthv.

Forms: Middle English rimethed (past tense), Middle English rincthed (past tense, transmission error), Middle English rymthe.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rimth n.
Etymology: < rimth n. Compare earlier rime v.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To make room for; to clear a way for. Also intransitive. Cf. rimth n., rime v.2In quot. ?a14001 reflexive: (perhaps) to retreat.
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the world > space > [verb (transitive)] > clear space or way
rimeOE
ridlOE
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rimth?a1400
redd1488
the world > space > [verb (transitive)] > make room for one
rimeOE
rimth?a1400
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 3464 Þe rimethed [a1450 Lamb. rempede] þam to rest a throwe.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 18 He tok his suerd in hand...Before þe kyng & his sons he rincthed [read rimthed] þam þe way.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 434 Rymthyn, or make rymthe and space, eloco.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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