renna

Borrowed from French renne, borrowed from a North Germanic language, from Old Norse hreinn. Cognates include Italian renna and Portuguese rena.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛnːa/
• Hyphenation: ren‧na

renna f (plural renne)

1. reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

• “renna” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛnːa

Probably from Old Norse renna, yielding also Icelandic renna, Norwegian renne, Swedish ränna, Danish rende; from Proto-Germanic *rannijǭ, Also related to Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 (rinnō), Old High German rinna (both, from *rinnǭ).

renna f (genitive singular rennu, plural rennur)

1. drain

From Old Norse renna (1), alteration of earlier rinna, influenced by the weak verb renna (2) (whence Faroese renna (3)).

renna (third person singular past indicative rann, third person plural past indicative runnu, supine runnið)

1. (of liquid) to flow, run
2. to melt
3. to run (move quickly)
4. (of the sun) to rise, come up

Conjugation of renna (group v-48)
infinitive	renna
supine	runnið
participle (a34)1	rennandi	runnin
	present	past
first singular	renni	rann
second singular	rennur	ranst
third singular	rennur	rann
plural	renna	runnu
	imperative
singular	renn!
plural	rennið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

From Old Norse renna (2).

renna (third person singular past indicative rendi, third person plural past indicative rendu, supine rent)

1. to cause (a liquid) to flow; to pour
2. to throw out, off balance, etc.

Conjugation of renna (group v-8)
infinitive	renna
supine	rent
participle (a7)1	rennandi	rendur
	present	past
first singular	renni	rendi
second singular	rennir	rendi
third singular	rennir	rendi
plural	renna	rendu
	imperative
singular	renna!
plural	rennið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛnːa

Probably from an Old Norse *renna (from Proto-Germanic *rannijǭ; see Etymology 2 below).

See also Faroese renna (1), Norwegian Bokmål renne, Swedish ränna, Danish rende. Also related to Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 (rinnō), Old High German rinna (both, from Proto-Germanic *rinnǭ).

renna f (genitive singular rennu, nominative plural rennur)

1. (archaic) flow, stream
2. channel, duct
3. drain

From Old Norse renna (1), from earlier rinna, from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną; the alteration i > e is due to influence from the weak verb renna (2) (whence Icelandic renna (3)).

renna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative rann, third-person plural past indicative runnu, supine runnið)

1. (of liquid) to flow, run

   Saxelfur rennur um Tékkland og Þýskaland. ― The Elbe flows through the Czech Republic and Germany.

2. (of anything solid) to glide, slide (move over a surface)

   Skeiðin rann eftir endilöngu eldhúsborðinu. ― The spoon slid the whole length of the kitchen table.

3. (of a person) to slip, slide (lose one’s balance on a slippery surface)

   Kormákur rann á ísnum og lenti á höfðinu. ― Cormac slipped on the ice and fell on his head.

4. (archaic) to run (move quickly)
5. to rise, grow
6. to melt

• (flow): flæða, leka
• (slip, lose one’s balance): skrika
• (run, i.e. move quickly): hlaupa

From Old Norse renna (2), from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną. Causative of renna (2).

renna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative renndi, supine rennt)

1. (transitive, with dative) to cause (a liquid) to flow; to pour
2. (transitive, with dative) to melt
3. (transitive, with dative) to cause (e.g. a horse) to run
4. (transitive, with dative) to slide (something or someone) (across a surface or downhill)

From French renne, from Icelandic hreinn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Hyphenation: rèn‧na

renna f (plural renne)

1. reindeer

   Synonym: caribù

renna

1. Romanization of ꦉꦤ꧀ꦤ

From Old Norse renna (1), earlier rinna.

• renne

• IPA^(key): /²rɛnːɑ/

renna (present tense renn, past tense rann, supine runne, past participle runnen, present participle rennande, imperative renn)

1. to run (of liquids), flow

From Old Norse renna (2).

• renne

• IPA^(key): /²rɛnːɑ/

renna (present tense renner, past tense rende or rente, past participle rent, present participle rennande, imperative renn)

1. to cause (something or someone) to run, flow
2. to run
3. to move using skis, skates, sleds or similar

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛnːɑ/

renna n

1. definite plural of renn

• “renna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• rinna, runna

From Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run, to flow”), *rannijaną (“to cause to run”).

renna

1. to run

• Saterland Frisian: rinne
• West Frisian: rinne

Alteration of earlier rinna, influenced by renna (2).

renna

1. (Old West Norse) Alternative form of rinna.

Causative of rinna, from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon rennian, Old High German rennen.

renna

1. (transitive) to cause (a liquid) to flow; to pour
2. (transitive) to melt (something)

• Icelandic: renna
• Faroese: renna
• Norwegian Nynorsk: renna, renne
• Old Swedish: rænna
  • Swedish: ränna
• Old Danish: rænnæ
  • Danish: rende

• “renna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press