English

Verb

rine ‎(third-person singular simple present rines, present participle rining, simple past and past participle rined)

1. (transitive) To touch.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To concern; affect.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To pertain to; fall to.
4. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To tend to a certain effect or outcome.

Derived terms

• arine
• atrine
• berine

Etymology 2

From Middle English rune, from Old English ryne ‎(“a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *runiz ‎(“course”), from Proto-Indo-European *er(e)- ‎(“to cause to move, grow”). Cognate with German Ronne ‎(“a channel”), Icelandic ryne ‎(“a flow, stream”). See runnel.

Alternative forms

• rhine, rone, rune

Noun

rine ‎(plural rines)

1. (Britain dialectal) A watercourse or ditch.

Etymology 3

Variation of rind.

Noun

rine ‎(plural rines)

1. Alternative form of rind