raun
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raun
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raun
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From Old Norse raun, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁rou-neh₂-, which could be related to Ancient Greek ἔρομαι (éromai, “to ask”).
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raun f (genitive singular raunar, nominative plural raunir)
- trial, test, experiment
- experience
- truth
- distress, trouble, tribulation
- Icelandic translation of Psalms 34:20
- Margar eru raunir réttláts manns, en Drottinn frelsar hann úr þeim öllum.
- Many are the troubles of a righteous man, but the Lord delivers him from them all.
- Margar eru raunir réttláts manns, en Drottinn frelsar hann úr þeim öllum.
- Icelandic translation of Psalms 34:20
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declension of raun
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- í raun og veru ("in reality, really")
- komast að raun um ("to come to know about, to learn the truth about, to ascertain")
- hafa raun af ("to be troubled by, to be pained by")
- rata í raunir ("to run into trouble, to suffer misfortune")
- raunalega (“sadly, unhappily”)
- raunalegur (“sad, unhappy, distressed”)
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- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔρομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 391-92
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From English round. Doublet of ronda, ronde, and rondo.
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raun
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- “raun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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From Old Irish rón. Cognate to Irish rón, Scottish Gaelic ròn, Breton reunig, Cornish reun.
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raun f (genitive singular raun, plural raunteeyn)
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- boayl raun (“seal rockery”)
- quallian raun (“seal pup”)
- raun beg (“common seal, harbour seal”)
- raun chleayshagh (“sea lion”)
- raun ghlass (“grey seal”)
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raun m (definite singular raunen, indefinite plural raunar, definite plural raunane)
- (botany) rowan
- Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan
- any of the small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with white flowers and red berries
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From an Austronesian language, compare Indonesian raun (“to travel around”).
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raun
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ráùn