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regn

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
regn, rén, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §163; §219; §278; §285; §321; §340;
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  • Blódig regn and fýren fundiaþ ðás eorþan tó forswylgenne and tó forbærnenne,

      Blickl. Homl. 93, 3 : 91, 34.

  • Nǽnig reng on ðám stówum ne com,

      Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 28.

  • Rén

    pluvia,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 43.

  • Fǽrlíc rén

    imber,

      52, 63.

  • Se rén wearð forboden,

      Gen. 8, 2.

  • Ðá com rén (regn, Lind.: rǽgn, Rush.)

    descendit pluvia,

      Mt. Kmbl. 7, 25.

  • Nǽnig dǽl regnes ne ungewidres in cuman ne mæg,

      Blickl. Homl. 125, 33.

  • Hé áríman mæg rægnas scúran dropena gehwelcne,

      Cd. Th. 265, 22; Sat. 11.

  • Þurh dropunge deáwes and rénes,

      Ps. Th. 64, 11.

  • Líget hé tó regne wyrceþ

    fulgura in pluviam fecit,

      134, 7.

  • Mid heofonlícon réne,

      Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 13 : Met. 7, 23.

  • Wilsumne regn wolcen brincgeþ,

      Ps. Th. 67, 10 : 146, 8 : Cd. Th. 82, 34; Gen. 1372.

  • Rén,

      Gen. 7, 4 : Met. 7, 14, 21.

  • Ðás windas and ðás regnas syndon ealle his,

      Blickl. Homl. 51, 20.

  • Regna scúr,

      Cd. Th. 252, 10; Dan. 576.

  • Nalles wolcnu regnas bǽron,

      14, 4; Gen. 213.

  • Regnas (rénas,

      Ps. Spl.), Ps. Th. 104, 28.

  • Ðá ábæd se wítega æt Gode ðæt hé sceolde him rénas forgyfan,

      Lchdm. iii. 276, 21.
Etymology
[Goth. rign; n. : Icel. regn ; n. : O. Sax. regin, regan : O. Frs. rein : O. H. Ger. regan.]
Similar entries
v. morgen-, wæl-regn.
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v.  rén.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “regn.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25651.

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