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rynt

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

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