different between milkmaid vs rynt

English

Etymology

milk +? maid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?lkme?d/

Noun

milkmaid (plural milkmaids)

1. (historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm

Translations

References

• milkmaid. Dictionary.com. Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary. K Dictionaries Ltd. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/milkmaid (accessed: June 15, 2007).

English

Alternative forms

• roynt, runt

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?nt/
• Rhymes: -a?nt

Verb

rynt (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)

1. (archaic, reflexive) stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them)

See also

• aroint
• runte
• arunt

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “rynt”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN