rime

This coated the entire upper surface of the ship with a layer of rime ice.

Perhaps such a rime may have passed in Northern English, but certainly not in Midland.

Even the scribe has seen this, and has altered were to ware, to give a rime to the eye.

Further, as the rime is a double one, the word have must be inserted, to fill up the line.

Moreover, the rime is a false one, since swote and aboute have different vowel-sounds.

To get a rime to abrede or abreed, abroad, read forwerreyd; see l. 3251.