rine meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology

rine

verb

Etymology From Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to strip, touch”).

Obsolete To touch.

UK, Dialectal To concern; affect.

UK, Dialectal To pertain to; fall to.

UK, Dialectal To tend to a certain effect or outcome.

Derived terms: arine, atrine, berine

rine

noun

Etymology From Middle English rune, from Old English ryne (“a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *runiz (“course”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to cause to move, grow”). Cognate with German Ronne (“a channel”), Icelandic ryne (“a flow, stream”). See runnel.

UK, Dialectal A watercourse or ditch.

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