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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *runiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
ryne m
- 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.
- running, a run
Usage notes
- Sense 2 is unattested in Old English, but confirmed by its presence in cognates and in Middle English.
Declension
Strong i-stem:
Descendants
Yola
Noun
ryne
- 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