Definitions
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- Obsolete forms of
rennish , rennishly.
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- adjective Of or relating to
runes , runic inscription, or runic language;runic . - adjective
Mysterious ;strange . - adjective Alternative form of rennish.
Etymologies
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From Middle English runish, runisch, from Old English *rūnisc, *rȳnisc, rēnisc ("mysterious, mystic"), equivalent to rune + -ish.
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From Middle English runisch, a variant (by confusion) of renisch. See rennish.
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neologic commented on the word runish
Runish: Violent; fierce; rough.
From a dictionary of archaic and provincial words, obsolete phrases, proverbs, and ancient customs: from the fourteenth century, Volume 2, by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps.
October 17, 2011