rynt

English

Alternative forms

roynt, runt

Etymology

Likely from a corruption of "rowan tree", a phrase which would have been chanted in order to drive off witches, since the tree was believed to be a ward against evil.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪnt/
Rhymes: -aɪnt

Verb

rynt (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

(archaic, reflexive) stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them)
Rynt thee.

References

“rynt” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

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