▪ I. † reme, n.1 Obs. rare.
[ad. L. rēmus (It., Sp. remo).]
An oar.
| a 1300 K. Horn 1623 (Harl. MS.), Þe see bigan to flowen ant hy faste to rowen, hue aryueden vnder reme in a wel feyr streme. 1511 Guylforde's Pilgr. (Camden) 13 Armour was first ther [in Candia] deuysed and founde,..so was y⊇ makyng of remys, and rowynge in bootes. |
▪ II. † reme, n.2 Obs. rare—1.
[? var. of rim n.1; see also ryme.]
Surface.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 4779 He sagh a-pon þe watur reme [v.r. reime] Caf flettand dunward [with] þe strem. |
▪ III. † reme, v.1 Obs.
Also 7 reem.
[OE. hréman, hr{yacu}man (for *hr{iacu}ęman), f. hréam ream n.1
Both hréman and hr{yacu}man are normal forms in OE.: the former is distinct from the rarer hréman to boast, = OS. hrômian, OHG. (h)ruoman etc. (G. rühmen).]
1. intr. To cry, call out, shout; also, to cry out in grief or pain, to scream, yell; to lament, weep.
| c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. lv. 429 Se cliopað [L. cum voce], se ðe dearninga synᵹað; ac se hremð [L. cum clamore], se ðe openlice..synᵹað. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xi. 31 Hia..gaas to ðæm byrᵹenne þætte hreme ðer. c 1000 ælfric Exod. xxii. 23 ᵹif ᵹe him deriað, hiᵹ hrymað to me, and ic ᵹehire hira hream. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 Þo þe after him comen remden lude stefne. c 1275 Sinners Beware 167 in O.E. Misc. 77 Remen heo schule and grede Deope in helle grunde. 13.. Sir Beues (MS. A) 1592 Þe gailers þat him scholde ȝeme, Whan hii herde him þus reme [etc.]. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 858 Ȝe remem for rauþe wyth-outen reste. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 2902 Whan that thei herd wymmen so remed, Thei hadde meruayle what it myght be. ? a 1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 229 This frecke begines to reme and yole. 1674 Ray N.C. Words 38 To Reem, to Cry: Lancashire. |
2. trans. a. To utter (a shout). b. To call out (something). rare.
| c 1220 Bestiary 664 Ðanne remen he alle a rem, so hornes blast oðer belles drem. a 1225 Ancr. R. 242 Ȝif me remde lude fur! fur! þet te chirche bernde! |
▪ IV. † reme, v.2 Obs. rare.
[var. (in SE. dialects) of ME. ryme:—OE. r{yacu}man: see rime v., and cf. ream v.3]
1. trans. a. To leave, depart from (a land). b. To clear (a place) of persons.
| a 1300 K. Horn 1364 (Camb. MS.), Þu makedest me fleme, And þi lond to reme. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 4398 (Kölbing), .viii. þousand þo hadde Lot, Þat wele him holpe..Þe waies & þe paþes ȝeme, & of þe Sarrains hem reme. |
2. intr. To clear a way; to make way (for one).
| 13.. K. Alis. 3347 He is the furste with sweord that remith, Thou art the furste with hors that flemeth. c 1400 St. Alexius (Trin. MS.) 505 Remeþ me [Laud MS. ȝiueþ me roum], for godis lone, And leteþ me go to my sone. |
▪ V. reme
obs. form of realm, ream n.2, rim.