berain

English

Etymology

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

Verb

berain (third-person singular simple present berains, present participle beraining, simple past and past participle berained)

1. (transitive) To rain upon; wet with rain; moisten.
   • 2005, Gordon Braden, Sixteenth-century poetry: an annotated anthology - Page 132:

     Till at the last, recovering his voice, Supping the tears that all his breast berained, [...]

Anagrams

• abrine, barnie, bearin', braine, erbian, inbear, nebari