-rent

See also: rent and Rent

Middle English

Suffix

-rent

  1. (Early Scots) alternative form of -rede

Middle Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Early Scots -rend, -rent, metathetic alteration of Northern Middle English -redene / -redyn / -raden, from Old English -rǣden (“-red”). Doublet of -red.

Suffix

-rent

  1. (no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
    ‎hate + ‎-rent → ‎hatrent
    ‎kin + ‎-rent → ‎kinrent
    ‎man + ‎-rent → ‎manrent

Derived terms

Category Middle Scots terms suffixed with -rent not found
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