reyn

English

Noun

reyn (plural reyns)

1. Obsolete form of rain.
2. Obsolete form of rein.

References

• “reyn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• NYer, Nery, yern

Icelandic

Verb

reyn

1. second-person singular active imperative of reyna

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

Alternative forms

• rain, rayn, rayne, rein, reine, reigne, ren
• ræin, reȝȝn (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræi̯n/, /reːn/

Noun

reyn (plural reynes)

1. rain (water falling from a cloud)
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prioresses Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, line 222:

     His salte teeris trikled doun as reyn.

     His salt tears trickled down like rain

2. A shower; an instance of rain.
3. (by extension) Anything falling from the sky.
4. (by extension, rare) A surge of water.

Related terms

• reynbowe
• reynen
• reyny

Descendants

• English: rain
• Scots: rain
• Yola: rhyne, ryne

References

• “rein, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse rein, from Proto-Germanic *rainō.

Alternative forms

• rayne, rene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræi̯n/, /rɛːn/

Noun

reyn (plural reynes)

1. A furrow or drain.
2. A barrier or boundary.

Descendants

• English: rean

References

• “rein, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Norse

Verb

reyn

1. second-person singular present active imperative of reyna