-rent

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See also: rent and Rent

Middle Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Metathetic alteration of Northern Middle English -redene / -redyn / -raden, from Old English -rǣden (-red). Doublet of -red.

Suffix

-rent

  1. (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