REGN

n. rain (r. hafði verit mikit).

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n. [Ulf. rign = βροχή, and all Teut. languages], rain, Nj. 15, Eg. 528, Fms. vi. 136, x. 13, Fas. ii. 37, Gullþ 8, and passim: in poetry, málm-regn, stál-regn, rógskýja-regn, the weapon-rain, i. e. battle; dal-regn, the rain of the bow, i. e. arrows; regn augna, the rain of the eyes, i. e. tears, Edda ii. 500; brá-regn, id.; benja regn, wound-rain, i. e. blood: regn-býr, regn-höll, regn-salr, m. the rain-hall, i. e. the sky. Lex. Poët.

COMPDS: regnbogi, regnél, regnglæra, regnligr, regnsamr, regnskúr, regnvatn.