rimare

1 rimare, rimari [CL] 1 to examine cracks in, probe, search: a (place); b (person). a et vaga venatrix rimabor lustra ferarum Aldh. Aen. 65 (Muriceps) 6; c705 rex [apum] ‥ cava stipitum robora ~atur Id. Ep. 9 (12); piscator ‥ asseruit se jam per viginti annos recessus aque illius ~asse et numquam hujusmodi tructam ‥ reperire posse Eadmer V. Anselmi I 17; regni proceres qui presentes aderant legatos navalibus instruunt armamentis qui tumescentis pelagi profunda ~entur Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 5 p. 76; c1298 rebus sic ruentibus, rura rex rimatur / et fures a foreis fugando venatur (Dunbar 229) Pol. Songs 177.  b s1304 ut eundem nuncium si quas libras secretas haberet ~aret Plusc. IX 6. 2 to search in order to plunder; b (person or part of body). franguntur conclavia. perrumpuntur penetralia, reserantur clausa, ~antur archana Gosc. Transl. Mild. 18 p. 177; predas agunt, fores effringunt, penetralia cujusque domus ~antur Osb. Bawdsey clxxx.  b quos ‥ nec ‥ laminae ferri intima viscerum ~antis exsuperant Bede Prov. 1065A; pugnat non odio sed amore, hostem pace non crudelitate ~atur V. Birini 17; viscera rimantur cultri, cerebella secures Garl. Tri. Eccl. 63; latrones ‥ ipsos cardinales clitellis ~atis expoliaverunt Flor. Hist. III 180. 3 to examine with the eyes, scrutinize, explore. b to look for, seek out (in quot. transf.). c to peep at. dum curiosis oculis ecclesie statum ~atur, tecta desuper vetustate disrupta et rimis hyancia reginae intentat Gosc. Wulsin 14; inter oppositas catervas oculo longe ~atus W. Malm. GR III 285; ille preciosorum apicum captus miraculo; dum pulcritudinem [sacramentarii et psalterii] intentis oculis ~atur Id. Wulfst. I 1 p. 5.  b rex ‥ paterne religionis vestigia ~ari W. Malm. GR II 162.  c illic quoque per cancellos, ut valet, et rimulas dilectum suum sponsa ~atur nardique sue odore vestigat J. Ford Serm. 48. 9. 4 to examine carefully, peruse, study (text). nunc in fine precor prosam metrumque legentes / hoc opus ut cuncti rimentur mente benigna Aldh. VirgV 2686; 1315 registro vestro ‥ investigato plenius et ~ato Reg. Durh. II 761; 1350 ~ato registro ‥ ac ‥ munimentis ‥ cartam ‥ reperimus MunAcOx 4. 5 to investigate, make research into, study (a subject); b (secret or mystery); c (w. indir. qu.). d to consider (as result of investigation or meditation). rex Constantinus quondam praesagia certa / atque futurarum rimatur somnia rerum Aldh. VirgV 595; studiis doctrine et veritatis inquirendis, non autem curandis ~andisque secularibus negotiis Bede Tab. 474; c732 indesinenter legem divinam ~are [MS corr. to: ~ari] non cessat (Leobgyda) Ep. Bonif. 29; omnium liberalium artium peritissimus ‥ celestium cursum astrorum ~atus W. Malm. GP IV 164; cum rem gestam devote ~arer atque scrutarer Gir. GE I 11.  b in ‥ societate angelorum ‥ quorum ‥ ~atus est archana V. Greg. p. 107; mystica verba pii ‥ / sensibus in cordis conplectit cuncta rimatus Æthelwulf Abb. 108; potentiam ejus [Christi] non oportet ~ari sed mirari W. Newb. Serm. 839; cum ~arer et inquirerem secreta nature ex libris antiquorum philosophorum M. Scot Lumen 240; Aristoteles ‥ secretiora nature ~atus Siccav. PN 152.  c ~amini ‥ pectoris vestri profunda, an sobrii sitis Gildas EB 106; quando et quomodo natus sit [Christus] ‥ humanae infirmitatis contemplatione ~amur Bede Luke 451D; meditando secum ~ari conaretur quonam modo prophetae praeterita ‥ quasi praesentia ‥ agnoverint Eadmer V. Anselmi I 7.  d nec tamen quod tam spiritaliter a fidelibus traditur, regi silentio per totum rectum ~amur V. Greg. p. 89; ~aris ‥ aestimaris GlC R 198.

2 rimare [ME rimen < AS riman; cf. 3 rima+-are], ~iare [OF rimeier; cf. rhythmicare], to rhyme, put into rhyme, (in quot. p. ppl. as adj.) composed in verse. 1382 [a book of romance of king Alexander in verse] ~iatus [‥ value £10] Cal. Pl. Mem. Lond. III 11.