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rynt

/ˈɹaɪnt/

rynt verb: stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them).

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, no-past, no-present-participle, participle, past, reflexive) stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them)
    • Rynt thee.

Forms of rynt

alternative formroynt
alternative formrunt

Origin of rynt

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.

Words that rhyme with rynt

Questions about rynt

What does rynt mean?
Rynt means stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them).
What part of speech is rynt?
Rynt is a verb.
How do you pronounce rynt?
Rynt is pronounced /ˈɹaɪnt/.

Words near rynt in the dictionary

  1. Ryners
  2. rynersonite
  3. rynge
  4. rynges
  5. Rynn
  6. rynt
  7. ryo
  8. ryoboku
  9. Ryobu
  10. ryokan
  11. ryokans

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