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English
Etymology
Likely from a corruption of "rowan tree", a phrase which would have been chanted in order to drive off witches, since the tree was believed to be a ward against evil. [1]
Pronunciation
Verb
rynt (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)
- (archaic, reflexive) stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them)
See also
References
- ^ “Aroint thee”, in Out of Shakespeare, 2013