rynt, v. north.
(raɪnt)
Also 8 rynd-, 9 rhint, roint, roynt.
[Of unknown origin: cf. aroint.]
refl. To make way, give place, stand aside.
| 1674 Ray N.C. Words 39 Rynt ye: By your leave, stand handsomly. As Rynt you witch, quoth Besse Locket to her Mother; Proverb. Chesh. 1703 Thoresby Let. to Ray, Ryndta, used to cows to make them give way, and stand in their stalls or booyses. 1820 Wilbraham Chesh. Gloss. s.v., Rynt thee, is an expression used by milk-maids to a cow when she has been milked, to bid her get out of the way. 1845 Thornber Penny Stone (1886) 13 Rhint ye, Bess, a place for the gentle on the lang-settle. |