raun

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raun

1. singular imperative of raunen

• IPA^(key): [raun]

raun

1. to walk around

From Old Norse raun, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁rou-neh₂-, which could be related to Ancient Greek ἔρομαι (éromai, “to ask”).

• IPA^(key): /røyːn/
• Rhymes: -øyːn

raun f (genitive singular raunar, nominative plural raunir)

1. trial, test, experiment
2. experience
3. truth
4. distress, trouble, tribulation
   • Icelandic translation of Psalms 34:20

     Margar eru raunir réttláts manns, en Drottinn frelsar hann úr þeim öllum.

     Many are the troubles of a righteous man, but the Lord delivers him from them all.

• í raun og veru ("in reality, really")
• komast að raun um ("to come to know about, to learn the truth about, to ascertain")
• hafa raun af ("to be troubled by, to be pained by")
• rata í raunir ("to run into trouble, to suffer misfortune")
• raunalega (“sadly, unhappily”)
• raunalegur (“sad, unhappy, distressed”)

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔρομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 391-92

• runa

From English round. Doublet of ronda, ronde, and rondo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈra.ʊn]
• Hyphenation: ra‧un

raun

1. to patrol, to travel around, to tour.

   Synonyms: berkeliling, ronda, patroli

• “raun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish rón. Cognate to Irish rón, Scottish Gaelic ròn, Breton reunig, Cornish reun.

• IPA^(key): /roːn/

raun f (genitive singular raun, plural raunteeyn or raunyn)

1. seal (Phoca vitulina); sea monster

• boayl raun (“seal rockery”)
• quallian raun (“seal pup”)
• raun beg (“common seal, harbour seal”)
• raun chleayshagh (“sea lion”)
• raun ghlass (“grey seal”)

• rogn
• røyne, røyn, raudn, raum, rong, raugn, rømn, ragn, rønn, røne, rånnj, rån (dialectal)

From Old Norse reynir.

• IPA^(key): /rœʊːn/

raun m (definite singular raunen, indefinite plural raunar, definite plural raunane)

1. (botany) rowan
   1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan
   2. any of the small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with white flowers and red berries

• nuar, runa, unar, urna

From an Austronesian language, compare Indonesian raun (“to travel around”).

raun

1. stroll, wander

• ráhùn, ráwùn

From rá +‎ oùn

• IPA^(key): /ɾá.ũ̀/

ráùn

1. (Ekiti) Alternative form of ráhùn (“to complain; to verbally complaint”)

   ọmọ abẹ́nị mọ́ta mọ́ ráùn ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n kọ́ nù, ké ráùn ịdà rẹ̀ góró

   The one who beheads someone on the rock, and not complain about the person they lost, but complain about the state of their sword

   (oríkì of the Déjì of Àkúrẹ́)