DictionaryRoot: rinnan
Old English
rinnan
run or flow
Forms
- rinnan
- ran- — A changed form used for past action.
- runn- — Another changed form that influenced later English.
Origin
An inherited Germanic verb with older Indo-European ancestry.
Note
Modern run combines forms from more than one closely related Old English verb.
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noun / verb
run
A line of unravelled stitches in knitted fabric.
Etymology
A loosened stitch can release the next one so that the damage travels along the fabric. Run names that spreading line of unraveling.