rean

From Middle English rene, rein (“strip of land forming a boundary; furrow; barrier; embankment”), from Old Norse rein (“a strip of land”), from Proto-Germanic *rainō, related to Icelandic rein, Old Danish rēn, German Rain (“narrow strip of land between two fields”).

rean (plural reans)

1. A deep furrow used for drainage.

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2. (dialectal) A ridge or baulk.
3. A gutter.

• run

• “rean”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• Arne, EARN, Earn, Near, Nera, eRNA, earn, erna, nare, near

rean

1. definite singular of rea

• -erna, Arne, Enar, Erna, aren, enar, eran, rena