reynir

• IPA^(key): /ˈreiːnɪr/
• Rhymes: -eiːnɪr

From Old Norse reynir (“rowan”).

reynir m (genitive singular reynis, no plural)

1. rowan, mountain ash

reynir

1. second-person singular active present indicative of reyna
2. third-person singular active present indicative of reyna
3. second-person singular active present subjunctive of reyna

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

reynir m (genitive reynis)

1. rowan tree

• reynilundr m (“rowan grove”)
• reynirunnr m (“rowan tree”)
• reyniviðr m (“rowan wood”)
• reynivǫndr m (“a wand from a rowan tree”)

Exactly what variation of the word the various descendants are descended from, is somewhat unclear.

• Icelandic: reynir
• Norwegian Nynorsk: raun, rogn; (dialectal) røyne
• Norwegian Bokmål: rogn
• Danish: røn
• Swedish: rönn
• → Middle English: ron, rone
  • English: rowan

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “reynir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ (raunijaʀ, “tester”), equivalent to reyna (“to test, to try”) +‎ -ir.

reynir m (genitive reynis)

2. (poetic) tester
3. (poetic) friend

• Icelandic: reynir

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

reynir

1. second-person singular present indicative of reyna
2. third-person singular present indicative of reyna
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of reyna