▪ I. † rine, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 1 (h)r{iacu}nan, 3 rinen, 4, 7 rine (4 rin, rene), 4–5 ryne, 5–6 rynde. pa. tense 1 hrán, 3–4 ran, 4 rane, rone, 6 Sc ryndit.
[OE. hr{iacu}nan, = OS. and OHG. hrînan (MDu. and MHG. rînen) to touch, ON. hr{iacu}na (Norw. rina) to take effect on. Cf. arine and atrine.]
1. trans. To touch; to affect.
| Beowulf 988 æᵹhwylc ᵹecwæd þæt him heardra nan hrinan wolde iren ærgod. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) ciii. 30 Ᵹif he mid his mihte muntas hrineð. a 1225 Ancr. R. 408 Rin him mid ase muchele luue ase þu hauest summe mon..and he is þin. a 1300 E.E. Psalter xliv. 12 Forgete þi folke for to rine, And þe hous ofe fadre þine. c 1375 Cursor M. 24391 Þat stode vn-to mine hert rote; vn-rideli hit me rane. a 1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 466 Ȝif Mon be ded and he him Ryne, He reiseþ him to lyue anone. c 1425 Hampole's Psalter, Metr. Pref. 48 Whos wol it write, I rede hym..make no more þen here is dygth, or ellys I rede hym hit ne ryne. 1483 Cath. Angl. 308/2 To Rynde, vbi to tuche. ? a 1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 198 Ney, when you saw the least of myne,..With your riches you would not them ryne. 1674 Ray N.C. Words, To Rine, to touch. |
2. intr. To lay the fingers or hand on, to fall on, to reach to, something.
| c 1200 Ormin 15518 Þurrh þatt ȝho ran upponn hiss claþ. a 1225 Juliana 56 Irnene gadien, kene te keoruen al þat ha rineð to as neil cniues. a 1300 Cursor M. 19277 Þe seke war born þam for to mete, þat petre scaudu on þaim suld rine. Ibid. 21136 Þat folk ilkan wald oþer stemm, Qua rin moght titest on his hemm. a 1400–50 Alexander 3817 Freschely þai drynke, Bot was na renke at to it ran at euire rase eftire. |
b. To take effect, to work, on one.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 28334 Quen idel thoght me come and vain, oft i lete þam on me rene, To þai me drogh to dede o sine. |
c. To touch on in discourse.
| 13.. Cursor M. 223 (Gött.), Þise er þe materis..Þat i thinck in þis boke to schawe, Schortli renand [Cott. rimand] on þis dede. |
3. To fall or belong to, to pertain to, a person or thing; to tend to something. Chiefly Sc.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 320 Euerich, efter þet he is, sigge þe totagges,—mon ase limpeð to him, wummon þet hire rineð. 1490 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) IV. 62, I will that..that good ryne to the profet of my iiij doghters. c 1500 Kennedie Passion of Christ 643 He callis him king, þaifor þou suld him slaa; For þat ryndis þi lordis maistie. 1550 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 85 To mak ony offence to ony Inglisman quhilk may rynde to the violatioun of the said peax. 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tract. in Wodrow Misc. I. 115 To do that thing quhilk ryndit to the weill of the rest. Ibid., To do in all sortis that ryndis to thair office. |
Hence † ˈrining vbl. n. Obs.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp., John Contents xliii, Mið rining vel miððy [he] ᵹehran ðæm sidum. a 1225 Ancr. R. 408 Mid þe rinunge of þine luue. |
▪ II. † rine, v.2 Obs.
Forms: 1 r{iacu}nan, 3–4 rine, ryne. pa. tense 1, 3 r{iacu}nde; 1 rán, 4 roon, rone.
[OE. r{iacu}nan for *riᵹnan (= ON. and Icel. rigna, Goth. rignjan), f. reᵹn rain n.1 Properly a weak vb.; the strong conj. is no doubt most immediately due to the analogy of sc{iacu}nan.]
1. impers. = rain v. 1.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. v. 45 He læt rinan ofer þa rihtwisan and ofer þa unrihtwisan. c 1000 ælfric Gen. vii. 12 And hit rinde þa ofer eorðan feowertiᵹ daᵹa and feowertiᵹ nihta on an. c 1290 St. Michael 606 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 317 For-to þe tyme com þat it Ryne and droppinde falle to grounde. 13.. K. Alis. 6434 (Bodl. MS.), Whan it snoweþ oiþer rineþ. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iii. v. 677 Ever mo so sterneliche it ron, And blew ther-with. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 239 Holy seyntes..telle þat it roon neuere from Adam to Noes flood. Ibid. III. 285 Ich wusted wel þat it schulde ryne. |
2. intr. Of rain: To fall.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 91 Rineþ blodiᵹ reᵹn æt æfen. c 1205 Lay. 19745 Þe ræin him gon rine [v.r. ryne]. |
3. To send down, or to fall, like rain.
| c 825 Vesp. Psalter x. 7 Dryhten..rineð ofer ða synfullan giren fyres. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke xvii. 29 On þam dæᵹe..hyt rinde fyr & swefl of heofone. c 1205 Lay. 3895 From heouene her com a sulcuð flod, þre dæȝes hit rinde blod. 13.. S. Eng. Leg. (MS. Bodl. 779) in Archiv neu. Spr. LXXXII. 406 He..let rine bred & flesch fram heuen. 1340 Ayenb. 49 Gode..dede rine uer berninde and bernston stinkinde ope þe cite of sodome and of gomorre. |