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renc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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renc, e; f.
Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display
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  • Bisceopum gebyreþ ðæt hí ne hédan ne woruldwlence ne ídelre rence,

      L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 30.
  • Ǽgwhylce wlence and ídele rence forhogian swá gebyreþ munecum,

      14; Th. ii. 322, 9.
  • Ne gerísaþ biscopum príta ne ídele rænca ne micele ofermétta,

      11; Th. ii. 318, 32.
  • Be ídelum rencum.

    Pro eo, quod elevate sunt filie Sion, etc.

    For oferméttan, hé cwæð, and ídelan rencan eówra leóda,
      Wulfst. 45, 21-23.
Etymology
[We ne beoð iboren for to habbene nane prudu ne forðe nane oðre rencas, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 27.]
Similar entries
v. ofer-renc, ranc.
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v.  rænc.
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  • renc, n.