berain

verb

berain

verb

Etymology From Middle English berainen, bireinen, equivalent to be- + rain. Cognate with Dutch beregenen (“to shower”), German beregnen (“to irrigate”).

1

To rain upon; wet with rain; moisten.

  • Till at the last, recovering his voice, Supping the tears that all his breast berained, [...]2005, Gordon Braden, Sixteenth-century poetry: an annotated anthology - Page 132:

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