rynt

English

Alternative forms

• roynt, runt

Etymology

Likely from a corruption of "rowan tree", a phrase which would have been chanted in order to drive off witches, since the tree was believed to be a ward against evil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnt

Verb

rynt (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)

1. (archaic, reflexive) stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them)

   Rynt thee.

See also

• aroint
• runte
• arunt

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “rynt”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.