stave-rhyme
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stave-rhyme
- /steɪv.ɹaɪm/
Where it comes from
Most likely a calque of a Germanic term, such as German Stabreim or Danish stavrim.
noun stave-rhymes · stave rhyme · staff-rhyme · staff rhyme
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A (stressed) word that rhymes with another, in that it begins with the same consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel.
The poem is littered with stave-rhymes like "start, stop".
Similar: alliteration
- This kind of rhyme. The poem exhibits stave-rhyme.
verb stave-rhymes · stave-rhyming · stave-rhymed · stave rhyme · staff-rhyme
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To exhibit this kind of rhyme.
Richard Kienast, in a study of the prose style of the Old High German Isidor translation, remarked that the relics of elevated celebratory composition, as the ‘stave-rhyming formulas’ were described, need to be treated.
Similar: alliterate
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noun kind of rhyme
| Deutsch | Stabreim |
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verb to exhibit this kind of rhyme
| Deutsch | stabreimen |
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