Reynard
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English
Etymology
From Old French Renart (Modern renard (“fox”)), influenced by Middle Dutch Reynaerd,[1] both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, from *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”) + *harduz (“hard, strong”). Compare German Reinhard, Old High German Reginhart (“strong in counsel”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛnə(ɹ)d/, /ˈɹɛnɑː(ɹ)d/
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Proper noun
Reynard
- A male given name
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- (literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.
- 1852 May, “Latitat” , “Anecdotes of Foxes”, in The Sportsman, London: Rogerson & Tuxford, →OCLC, page 347:
- Reynard, in his thieving rambles, one night the summer before last visited the pleasure-gardens in Cornbury Park, and there he found and carried off a hen pheasant while sitting on her nest. The same evening a barn-door hen, with a nide of pheasants also disappeared.
Derived terms
Translations
name in European folklore for the red fox
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See also
References
- ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2016 May 25 (last accessed), archived from the original on 16 December 2015
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Reynard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.