different between rynd vs rynt

English

Etymology

Old English hrindan (“to thrust”)

Noun

rynd (plural rynds)

1. A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone, by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

Middle English

Noun

rynd

1. Alternative form of rind (“bark”)

Vilamovian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrinþaz

Pronunciation

Noun

rynd n

1. bull, ox

Derived terms

• ryndf?a?

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