Rýan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rýan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?), rýn (cf. Related words: rýnan) ǽlc folc

Definitions

1 rýan

for similar form of infinitive þýn); p. rýde To roar, rage :-- Hwý rýð (rýnþ? quare fremuerunt gentes? Ps. Th. 2, 1. Seó leó gif heó blódes onbirigþ heó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana onginþ ðonne rýn and hire racentan slítan (cf. the corresponding passage in the Metres : Onginþ racentan slítan, rýn, grymetigan, Met. 13, 29) si cruor horrida tinxerit ora, resides olim redeunt animi, fremituque gravi meminere sui, laxant nodis colla solutis, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 13. [Cf. O. H. Ger. rohón rugire, Grff ii. 431.]

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚣᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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