Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

(Rinis,) Rynis, adj. Also: renneis; Ranis(c)h(e. [ME and e.m.E. rynische-, rynis(wyne) (northern, 1375–6), rynnysh (Caxton), reinnishe (1528), renysch (c1490), rennish (Shakesp.), AF reneis (13th c.–), OF rinois (13th c. in Greimas), rynois, rainois (OED), MHG rînisch, med. L. type Rhenensis, f. L. Rhēnus the Rhine. See also Rins adj., Rine attrib.] Rhenish. — 1497 Halyb. 132.
A Rynis guldyn Ib. 134. 1654 Edinb. Test. LXVIII 11b.
Renneis wyne