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▪ I. † raim, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 raim(e, reyme, 4–5 rame, rayme, (4 -mi), 5 raym.
[a. OF. raim-, reim- (raem-, reaim-, etc.), stem of raimbre, reimbre, etc. (see raembre in Godef.):—L. redimere to redeem. (Cf. Skeat Notes Engl. Etym. 241.)
An app. instance of raim (rayme) n. in Alexander 4563 is perh. a scribal error for rauine, ravine.]
1. trans. To ransom, redeem, deliver (a person); to recover (a heritage). rare.
a1300Cursor M. 23156 Þai sal be dempt al wit þe wick..Þat al þis werld þaim mai not raim. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 185 We clayme þis our heritage..& þorgh hard woundes of þam salle reyme it eft.
2. To put to ransom, exact ransom from; hence, to spoil, plunder, deprive (of).
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 43 Eilred has no þing. Eilred is so reymed [F. raynt] of his tresorie. 1340Ayenb. 44 Sergons þet accuseþ..þet poure uolc and ham doþ raymi [F. raembre] and kueadliche lede. a1400–50Alexander 2488 Þis souerayn..Þoȝt to ride & to rayme þe regions of barbres. c1460Towneley Myst. xiii. 16 We ar so hamyd, Fortaxed, and ramyd.
b. To take away from a person. rare.
a1400–50Alexander 2510 Þen am I raddest all our realme be raymed vs first.
c. ? To treat with violence, to torment. rare—1.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 185 False marchauntis..preisen hym most þat foulest raymeþ alle þe membris of crist falsly.
3. a. absol. To take at will. b. trans. To get possession of; to have control of; to rule over.
c1325Pol. Songs (Camden Soc.) 150 Thus me pileth the pore and pyketh ful clene, The ryche raymeth withouten eny ryht. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 263 If he had..gyuen þam..þer wynnyng ilk a dele, þat þei mot reyme & gyue. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. i. 93 Kynges and knihtes scholde..rihtfuliche raymen the realmes a-bouten. 1393Ibid. C. xiv. 96 Al that the ryche may reyme and ryghtfulliche dele.
▪ II. raim
variant of rame v., to cry. |