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rýan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
rýan, (?), rýn (cf. for similar form of infinitive þýn); p. rýde
To roar, rage
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  • Hwý rýð (rýnþ? v. rýnan) ǽlc folc

    quare fremuerunt gentes?

      Ps. Th. 2, 1.
  • Seó leó gif heó blódes onbirigþ heó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana onginþ ðonne rýn and hire racentan slítan (cf. the corresponding passage in the Metres : Onginþ racentan slítan, rýn, grymetigan, Met. 13, 29)

    si cruor horrida tinxerit ora, resides olim redeunt animi, fremituque gravi meminere sui, laxant nodis colla solutis,

      Bt. 25; Fox 88, 13.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. rohón rugire, Grff ii. 431.]
Similar entries
v. rýung.
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v.  rýn rýnan.
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