reyn
English
Noun
reyn (plural reyns)
- Obsolete form of rain.
- Obsolete form of rein.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reyn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- NYer, Nery, yern
Icelandic
Verb
reyn
- second-person singular active imperative of reyna
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rein, reine, reigne, ren, rayn, rayne
Etymology
From Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛi̯n/, /reːn/
Noun
reyn (plural reynes)
- rain
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prioresses Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868, line 222:
- His salte teeris trikled doun as reyn.
- His salt tears trickled down like rain
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Descendants
- English: rain
- Yola: rhyne, ryne
References
- “rein, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Norse
Verb
reyn
- second-person singular present active imperative of reyna