pl. nom. acc. -u, -o, -a; n. A mystery, a sacrament; mysterium :-- Ðæt dégol wæs Dryhtnes gerýne that was a secret mystery of the Lord, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 25; Cri. 41. Ðæt monnum nis cúþ gerýne that mystery is not known to men, 9 a; Th. 7, 2; Cri. 95. Dryhtnes gerýne the mystery of the Lord, 49 a; Th. 169, 14; Gú. 1094: Lk. Bos. 8, 10. Ðæt word ðæs heofonlícan gerýnes the word of the heavenly mystery, Blickl. Homl. 17, 9: 7. Eów is geseald to witanne heofena ríces gerýnu vobis datum est nosse mysteria regni cælorum, Mt. Bos. 13, 11. Ða gerýnu Cristes menniscnysse the mysteries of Christ's humanity, Homl. Pasc. Lisle 12, 17. Hit forhæfed gewearþ ðætte hie sǽdon swefn cyninge, wyrda gerýnu it was denied that they should tell the dream to the king, the mysteries of the fates, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 4; Dan. 149. Engel Drihtnes wrát in wáge worda gerýnu the angel of the Lord wrote on the wall mysteries of words, 210; Th. 261, 9; Dan. 723. On ðé wrát wuldres God gerýno on thee the God of glory wrote [his] mysteries, Andr. Kmbl. 3020; An. 1513. Ðæt hie ðæt hálige gerýne árwurþlíce breman mǽgen that they may reverently celebrate the holy mystery, L. E. I. 4; Th. ii. 404, 27: Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 23, 43: 497, 2, 5. [Goth. ga-rúni counsel: O. Sax. gi-rúni mystery: O. H. Ger. ki-rúni mysterium, sacramentum.] DER. gást-gerýne, gǽst-, word-.