Rame

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

Alternative forms

• raim

Origin

From Northern Middle English ramen ("to cry out, scream"), from Old English *hrāmian, from Proto-Germanic *hraimōną ("to scream"), *hraimaz ("a scream"), from Proto-Indo-European *kerei-, *skerei- ("to scream, screech"). Cognate with Old Norse hreimr ("a scream, cry"), and possibly to Old English hrēam ("a cry, outcry, tumult, noise").

Full definition of rame

Verb

1. (provincial, Northern England) To complain; moan; weep, cry.----