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[raion] (s.xii1)
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[raion] (s.xii1)

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rehoun,  reioun,  reon,  reoun,  reun  (remun  TLL ii 77,  reuun  TLL ii 160,  ryom  Fem2 27.10)  
  FEW:  *rica 10,388a Gdf:  roion 2 7,226c GdfC: ∅ TL: roion 2 8,1418 DEAF:  roie (roion)  DMF:  roion 2  TLF:  rayon 3  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

agriculturalfurrow, trench in the earth made by a ploughshare: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Les reuns (Latin: sulcos) de li enivre, multiplie les blez, par pluies aruse lui, e al germe de lui beneis  Camb Ps 109.LXIV.11
( MS: s.xiii2/3 )  lira: reun  Gloss Garland 170
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  (a frog) En un reoun (M.E. forwe) (var. (T: s.xivin) rehoun) sist (l. fist) en un rey (M.E. nette)  BIBB ROTH (G) 321
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  veye ke lez terres seyent bien arez de petit reun  HENLEY2 270.c24
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  veez qe le reon q'est entre les deuz seilluns seit estreit  HENLEY2 320.c47
♦ditch, trench: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Jadis esteit un vilein [...] E par fossez et par reuns Surquist ces veisins cum feluns  Mir N-D 113.9
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  (The ploughman to the fox) 'va t'en chocher en ceste reon, et jeo te coveray de moun tabard'  BOZ Cont 48
duble raion
duble

[hp]

See also:

rai2  raié  raier3  raioner 
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