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English
Noun
reyn (plural reyns)
- Obsolete form of rain.
- Obsolete form of rein.
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Icelandic
Verb
reyn
- second-person singular active imperative of reyna
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.
Pronunciation
Noun
reyn (plural reynes)
- rain
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prioresses Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC, line
222:
His salte teeris trikled doun as reyn.- His salt tears trickled down like rain
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Old Norse
Verb
reyn
- second-person singular present active imperative of reyna