reynbowe – Middle English noun declension

Noun: reynbowe

Sg.

reynbowe

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

And I ſaı an oþ̇e ſtronge aũngel comynge doũ fro heuene cloþıd wıþ a cloude .· ⁊ þe reynbowe on hıs heed / ⁊ þe face of hĩ was as þe ſũne .· ⁊ feet of hĩ as a pıler of fıer […] (And I saw another strong angel descending from Heaven, clothed with a cloud and [having] a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like a pillar of fire […]) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 10:1, folio 120, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]

Nouns inflected like reynbowe

syment, cristened, savete, savyne, sandal, whelere, scuage, scluse, sclise, sclave, schyft, schuit, schite, schort, schold, schern, smothe, smethe, smerte, slutte, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old English reġnboga, from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô; equivalent to reyn (“rain”) + bowe (“bow”). See: Old English Nouns 'reġnboga'.

Verbs referencing "reynbowe"

English Nouns rainbow.