Definitions
Definitions
1 ríma
u, f., gen. rímna, a rhyme, lay, ballad, and in plur. rímur, an epic consisting of many lays; ríma is the name for the epical paraphrases, which first appear in Icel. about the middle of the 14th century; the Olafs-ríma, Fb. i. 8 sqq., being the first specimen preserved; then Völsungs-rímur, Skíða-ríma, Skáld-Helga-rímur, and then very many others; for almost every Icel. Saga or Romance has been turned into such lays, even the historical books of the Bible.
2 ríma
COMPDS: rímnabók, rímnaskáld.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
ríma
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "ríma" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).