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reim

See also: Reim and réim

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Afrikaans riem.

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Noun

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reim (plural reims)

  1. (South Africa) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc.[1]

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  1. ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products

“reim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse reim.

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Noun

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reim f (genitive singular reimar, nominative plural reimar)

  1. strap, belt
  2. shoelace

Declension

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declension of reim
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reim reimin reimar reimarnar
accusative reim reimina reimar reimarnar
dative reim reiminni reimum reimunum
genitive reimar reimarinnar reima reimanna

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Drivreim (drive belt)

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Etymology

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From Old Norse reim.

Noun

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reim f or m (definite singular reima or reimen, indefinite plural reimer, definite plural reimene)

  1. a belt, strap

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse reim.

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reim f (definite singular reima, indefinite plural reimar or reimer, definite plural reimane or reimene)

  1. a belt, strap

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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A rare word attested in a 17th century manuscript of Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa. The root vowel doesn't correspond to Proto-West Germanic *reumō, which is why it's usually assumed to be a late etymological nativization of Middle Low German rême. However, de Vries proposes "secondary vowel variation". According to the Den Danske Ordbog, related to the ultimate root of Swedish strimma (“stripe, streak”).[1] However, compare the base of Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“strip, strap”).[2]

Noun

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reim f (genitive reimar, plural reimar)

  1. a lash, thong

Declension

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  Declension of reim (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reim reimin reimar reimarnar
accusative reim reimina reimar reimarnar
dative reim reiminni reimum reimunum
genitive reimar reimarinnar reima reimanna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: reim
  • Faroese: reim
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reim
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: reim
  • Old Swedish: rem, reem
  • Old Danish: rem, reem, røm
    • Danish: rem
      • Norwegian Bokmål: rem

References

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  • “reim”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ “strime” in Den Danske Ordbog
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “riem1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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