-rent

See also: rent and Rent

Middle English

Suffix

-rent

1. (Early Scots) alternative form of -rede

Middle Scots

Alternative forms

• -rend, -rand, -reint, -rant, -rene, -redyn, -ring

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