reys

English

Etymology

From Middle English reys (“a journey; military expedition”), from Proto-West Germanic *raisu. Cognate with Danish rejse (“journey, trip, travel”), Dutch reis (“journey, trip, travel”), German Reise (“journey, travel”), Low German Reis (“journey, travel”) North Frisian reyse (“travel, expedition”), Norwegian reise (“trip, journey”), Swedish resa (“trip, journey”). See also reyse.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rās, IPA^(key): /ɹeɪs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

reys (plural reyses)

1. (obsolete) A journey or a military expedition.

References

• The Middle English Dictionary

Anagrams

• Srey, Yers, Yser, ryes, syre, yers

Middle English

Alternative forms

• raise

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Middle Dutch reise, from Old Dutch *reisa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈræi̯s(ə)/

Noun

reys

1. A journey or a military expedition.
   • c. 1475, The Libelle of Englyshe Polycye:

     And lyghtlye also ther they make her reys

     And also quickly they made their journey there.

Related terms

• reysen

Descendants

• English: reys

References

• “reis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 August 2018.

Portuguese

Noun

reys m

1. obsolete spelling of réis
2. obsolete spelling of reis