ryne

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *runiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈry.ne/

Noun

ryne m

1. course, path along which motion takes place

   tīde ryne

   the course of time

   līfes ryne

   the course of life

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

     Þǣre sunnan ryne is swīðe rūm, and þæs mōnan ryne is swīðe nearu.

     The sun's orbit is very wide, and the moon's orbit is very narrow.

   • Joshua 3:13

     Sēo ēa ætstent on hire ryne.

     The river will stop in its course.

2. running, a run

Usage notes

• Sense 2 is unattested in Old English, but confirmed by its presence in cognates and in Middle English.

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ryne	rynas
accusative	ryne	rynas
genitive	rynes	ryna
dative	ryne	rynum

Related terms

• rinnan
• rynel

Descendants

• Middle English: rüne, rine, rene
  • English: rine
  • Scots: rin, run

Yola

Noun

ryne

1. Alternative form of rhyne
   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:

     F. agyne, amyne, brine, gryne, gry, pyle, ryne.

     E. again, amain, brain, grain, gray, pail, rain.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 13