ryne

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *runiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ryne m

  1. course, path along which motion takes place
    tīde ryne
    the course of time
    līfes ryne
    the course of life
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
      Þǣre sunnan ryne is swīðe rūm, and þæs mōnan ryne is swīðe nearu.
      The sun's orbit is very wide, and the moon's orbit is very narrow.
    • Joshua 3:13
      Sēo ēa ætstent on hire ryne.
      The river will stop in its course.
  2. running, a run

Usage notes

  • Sense 2 is unattested in Old English, but confirmed by its presence in cognates and in Middle English.

Declension

Declension of ryne (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ryne rynas
accusative ryne rynas
genitive rynes ryna
dative ryne rynum

Related terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: rüne, rine, rene

Yola

Noun

ryne

  1. Alternative form of rhyne
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
      F. agyne, amyne, brine, gryne, gry, pyle, ryne.
      E. again, amain, brain, grain, gray, pail, rain.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 13
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