Old English · noun
rinc
Normalised rinċ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /rint͡ʃ/
- Syllables
- rint͡ʃ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- rink
Meaning
-
man, warrior
byþ on recȳde rinca ġehwylċum / sēfte...
Journey is easy for warriors in the hall...
The Old English rune poem
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rinkiz (“upright man”), from Proto-Germanic *rinkaz (“straight, upright”). Cognate with Old Saxon rink, Old Norse rekkr.
Descendants
rink
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