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Middle Scots
Etymology
Metathetic alteration of Northern Middle English -redene / -redyn / -raden, from Old English -rǣden (“-red”). Doublet of -red.
Suffix
-rent
- (no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
- hate + -rent → hatrent
- kin + -rent → kinrent
- man + -rent → manrent
Derived terms
Category Middle Scots terms suffixed with -rent not found