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▪ I. † ren, n. Obs. rare. [f. renne, obs. f. run v.; cf. Du. ren, G. renn, ON. renna.] A run, course.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1 Man og to luuen ðat rimes ren, ðe wisseð wel ðe logede men [etc.]. c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 159 The wyf cam lepynge Inward with a ren. c1440Promp. Parv. 429/1 Ren, or rennynge, cursus. ▪ II. † ren, v. Obs.—1 [? for rene:—OE. rēnian, regnian to set in order.] trans. To clear a way for.
a1340Hampole Psalter lxxxiv. 14 Rightwisnes of penaunce for oure syn sal ga bifor him in vs, that is, it sall ren his cumynge in til vs. ▪ III. ren obs. form of rain n.1, rein n.1, run v. |