† berinev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive and intransitive. To touch; fall upon, fall.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > fall upon or wet with rain [verb (transitive)]
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > fall (of rain)
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a1300 K. Horn 11 Fairer ne mihte non beo born Ne no rein upon birine Ne sunne upon bischine.
a1300 Harl. MS. For reyne ne myhte byryne..Feyrore child þen he was.
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