reyn
English
editNoun
editreyn (plural reyns)
References
edit- “reyn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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editIcelandic
editVerb
editreyn
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editreyn (plural reynes)
- rain (water falling from a cloud)
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prioresses Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, line 222:
- His salte teeris trikled doun as reyn.
- His salt tears trickled down like rain
- A shower; an instance of rain.
- (by extension) Anything falling from the sky.
- (by extension, rare) A surge of water.
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “rein, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Old Norse rein, from Proto-Germanic *rainō.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editreyn (plural reynes)
Descendants
edit- English: rean
References
edit- “rein, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Norse
editVerb
editreyn
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