-rent

See also: rent and Rent

Middle Scots

Alternative forms

  • -rend, -rand, -reint, -rant, -rene, -redyn, -ring

Etymology

Metathetic alteration of Northern Middle English -redene / -redyn / -raden, from Old English -rǣden (-red). Doublet of -red.

Suffix

-rent

  1. (no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
    hate + ‎-rent → ‎hatrent
    kin + ‎-rent → ‎kinrent
    man + ‎-rent → ‎manrent

Derived terms

Category Middle Scots terms suffixed with -rent not found