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Rann

//ɹæn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    A stanza of Irish poetry.

    "Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Irish rann.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Southern German Rann.

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