Rein
Origin 1
Anglo-Norman reyne, from Old French resne (Modern French rêne), from Vulgar Latin *retina, from Classical Latin retineÅ ("to retain"), from re- + teneÅ.
Verb
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Origin 2
From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin rēnēs.
Noun
rein
(plural reins)- (now rare, archaic, chiefly in plural) A kidney.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:a man subject to these like imaginations ... hath often the stone imaginarily, before he have it in his reines ....
- 1611, King James Bible, :He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 16My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
- Bible, Revelations ii. 23I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.