# renna
## Corsican
### Etymology

Borrowed from French renne, borrowed from a North Germanic language, from Old Norse hreinn. Cognates include Italian renna and Portuguese rena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛnːa/
* Hyphenation: ren‧na

### Noun

renna f (plural renne)
* reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

### References

* “renna” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹɛnːa/
* Rhymes: -ɛnːa

### Etymology 1

Probably from Old Norse renna, yielding also Icelandic renna, Norwegian renne, Swedish ränna, Danish rende; from Proto-Germanic *rannijǭ, Also related to Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 (rinnō), Old High German rinna (both, from *rinnǭ).

#### Noun

renna f (genitive singular rennu, plural rennur)
* drain

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse renna (1), alteration of earlier rinna, influenced by the weak verb renna (2) (whence Faroese renna (3)).

#### Verb

renna (third person singular past indicative rann, third person plural past indicative runnu, supine runnið)
* (of liquid) to flow, run
* to melt
* to run (move quickly)
* (of the sun) to rise, come up

##### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse renna (2).

#### Verb

renna (third person singular past indicative rendi, third person plural past indicative rendu, supine rent)
* to cause (a liquid) to flow; to pour
* to throw out, off balance, etc.

##### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛnːa/
* Rhymes: -ɛnːa

### Etymology 1

Probably from an Old Norse *renna (from Proto-Germanic *rannijǭ; see Etymology 2 below).
See also Faroese renna (1), Norwegian Bokmål renne, Swedish ränna, Danish rende. Also related to Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 (rinnō), Old High German rinna (both, from Proto-Germanic *rinnǭ).

#### Noun

renna f (genitive singular rennu, nominative plural rennur)
* (archaic) flow, stream
* channel, duct
* drain

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse renna (1), from earlier rinna, from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną; the alteration i > e is due to influence from the weak verb renna (2) (whence Icelandic renna (3)).

#### Verb

renna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative rann, third-person plural past indicative runnu, supine runnið)
* (of liquid) to flow, run
    Saxelfur rennur um Tékkland og Þýskaland. ― The Elbe flows through the Czech Republic and Germany.
* (of anything solid) to glide, slide (move over a surface)
    Skeiðin rann eftir endilöngu eldhúsborðinu. ― The spoon slid the whole length of the kitchen table.
* (of a person) to slip, slide (lose one’s balance on a slippery surface)
    Kormákur rann á ísnum og lenti á höfðinu. ― Cormac slipped on the ice and fell on his head.
* (archaic) to run (move quickly)
* to rise, grow
* to melt

##### Synonyms

* (flow): flæða, leka
* (slip, lose one’s balance): skrika
* (run, i.e. move quickly): hlaupa

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse renna (2), from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną. Causative of renna (2).

#### Verb

renna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative renndi, supine rennt)
* to cause (a liquid) to flow; to pour [with dative]
* to melt [with dative]
* to cause (e.g. a horse) to run [with dative]
* to slide (something or someone) (across a surface or downhill) [with dative]

##### Conjugation
## Italian
### Etymology

From French renne, from Icelandic hreinn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛn.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛnna
* Hyphenation: rèn‧na

### Noun

renna f (plural renne)
* reindeer
    Synonym: caribù

## Madurese
### Romanization

renna
* Romanization of ꦉꦤ꧀ꦤ

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse renna (1), earlier rinna.

#### Alternative forms

* renne
* rinn (Trøndelag dialect)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²rɛnːɑ/

#### Verb

renna (present tense renn, past tense rann, supine runne, past participle runnen, present participle rennande, imperative renn)
* to run (of liquids), flow

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse renna (2).

#### Alternative forms

* renne

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²rɛnːɑ/

#### Verb

renna (present tense renner, past tense rende or rente, past participle rent, present participle rennande, imperative renn)
* to cause (something or someone) to run, flow
* to run
* to move using skis, skates, sleds or similar

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛnːɑ/

#### Noun

renna n
* definite plural of renn

### References

* “renna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* rinna, runna

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run, to flow”), *rannijaną (“to cause to run”).

### Verb

renna
* to run

#### Descendants

* Saterland Frisian: rinne
* West Frisian: rinne

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier rinna, influenced by renna (2).

#### Verb

renna
* (Old West Norse) Alternative form of rinna

### Etymology 2

Causative of rinna, from Proto-Germanic *rannijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon rennian, Old High German rennen.

#### Verb

renna
* (transitive) to cause (a liquid) to flow; to pour
* (transitive) to melt (something)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: renna
* Faroese: renna
* Norwegian Nynorsk: renna, renne
* Old Swedish: rænna
** Swedish: ränna
* Old Danish: rænnæ
** Danish: rende

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “renna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive