† reˈnaying, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. renay v. + -ing1.]
The action of renouncing or abjuring.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 29406 If he in renaijng lijs, efter þat he es monest thris. c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶719 Reneying of god and hate of his neighebors. c 1440 Jacob's Well 131 On..is renaying; whan a man forsakyth god, & becomyth a iewe or a sarazene. 1529 More Dyaloge ii. Wks. 179/1 It was a plaine renaying of Christes faith to doo anye obseruaunce therto. |