Rine Definition

Origin of Rine

• From Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan (“to touch, lay hold of, reach, seize, strike, have connection with, contact”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to strip, touch”). Cognate with Old Saxon hrīnan (“to touch”), Old High German hrīnan (“to touch”), Icelandic hrína (“to cleave, hurt, overtake”).

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• 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 *er(e)- (“to cause to move, grow”). Cognate with German Ronne (“a channel”), Icelandic ryne (“a flow, stream”). See runnel.

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• Variation of rind.

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