单词 | rynt |
释义 | † ryntv. English regional (chiefly northern). Obsolete. transitive (reflexive). To make way, move over, stand aside. Only in imperative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (reflexive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat > out of the way rynt1673 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 39 Rynt ye: By your leave, stand handsomly. As Rynt you witch, quoth Besse Locket to her Mother; Proverb. Chesh. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 426 Ryndta, used to cows to make them give way, and stand in their stalls or booyses. 1788 Crit. Rev. 66 283 Aroynt, corrupted in Cheshire to rynt, avaunt. 1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (at cited word) 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 ii. 13 Rhint ye, Bess, a place for the gentle on the lang-settle. 1852 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (ed. 2) II. 700/2 The milkmaid, losing her temper, uses the expression roynt ta, accompanied with a push against the side of the cow's rump, to force her to make the movement required. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1673 |
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