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Rine

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A watercourse or ditch. UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    Alternative form of rind. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To touch. transitive
  2. 2
    To concern; affect. UK, dialectal, transitive
  3. 3
    To pertain to; fall to. UK, dialectal, transitive
  4. 4
    To tend to a certain effect or outcome. UK, dialectal, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to strip, touch”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English rune, from Old English ryne (“a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *runiz (“course”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to cause to move, grow”). Cognate with German Ronne (“a channel”), Icelandic ryne (“a flow, stream”). See runnel.

Etymology 3

Variation of rind.

Etymology 4

From the German surname, variant of Rein, Rhine, Rhein.

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