rewayn

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman rewain, variant of regain; other than the dialectal development of /ɔu̯/ to /au̯/, the variation in pronunciation apparently reflects variation in Old French.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛu̯ˈæi̯n/, /rau̯ˈæi̯n/, /rɔu̯ˈæi̯n/, /ruːˈæi̯n/

Noun

rewayn (uncountable) (rare)

  1. Rowen, aftermath; the second crop of hay.[2]
  2. Cheese from cows fed rowen.

Descendants

  • English: rowen, roughings, rowet, rowett, rowings

References

  1. ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 245, page 803.
  2. ^ “reuain, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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