stave-rhyme

UK /steɪv.ɹaɪm/ US /steɪv.ɹaɪm/
noun 2verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

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".

It is better to retain it in this line, as it is one of the 3 stave-rhymes.

2

This kind of rhyme.

The poem exhibits stave-rhyme.

Our ancestors grounded their verse on stave-rhyme and accent […]

verb

1

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.

To find other Old High German parallels, it is necessary to include those genres which are not composed in stave-rhyming verse.

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