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regn-
/rejn /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun, Prefix
Gender: Neuter
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
regn-
, in the compounds regn-heard, -meld, -þeóf, -weard has an intensive force, implies greatness, might. The word occurs as part of many proper names, e.g. Rǽdwoldes sunu wæs Regeuhere geháten, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 10. Some of these e. g. Reginald are still used. [Cf. Goth. raginón to rule; ragineis a ruler, counsellor; ragin ordinance, counsel : Icel. regin; pl. n. (in ancient poems) the gods, the rulers of the universe; forming part of compounds, mighty, great; ragn-, rögn- in proper names : so O. Sax. regin- : O. H. Ger. ragin-, regin- in proper names, v. Grff ii. 384.]
Linked entries (variants, parts of a paradigm or derived forms):
regen-
,
regn-heard
,
regn-meld
,
regn-þeóf
,
regn-weard
,
.
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Possibly connected entries from the Supplement:

regn
. Add :-- Wæs seó eá for regna (réna, v. l.) micelnesse swíðe réðe fluuius prae inundantia pluuiarum ripas suas transierat, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16. Ic wénde þ̵ þá triów for miclum wǽtan and regnum swá heáge weóxon. Ðá sægde se bisceop þ̵ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes dropa ne cwóme arbores . . . cum dicerem frequentibus imbribus in tantum creuisse, acerdos affirmabat nunquam in his locis pluuiam adire, Nar. 28, 2-5. Hrægnas pluuias, Ps. L. 104, 32. v. tíd-regn.
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