raun

raun

1. singular imperative of raunen

• IPA^(key): [raun]

raun

1. to walk around

From Old Norse raun, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁rou-neh₂-, which could be related to Ancient Greek ἔρομαι (éromai, “to ask”).

• IPA^(key): /røyːn/
• Rhymes: -øyːn

raun f (genitive singular raunar, nominative plural raunir)

1. trial, test, experiment
2. experience
3. truth
4. distress, trouble, tribulation
   • Icelandic translation of Psalms 34:20

     Margar eru raunir réttláts manns, en Drottinn frelsar hann úr þeim öllum.

     Many are the troubles of a righteous man, but the Lord delivers him from them all.

• í raun og veru ("in reality, really")
• komast að raun um ("to come to know about, to learn the truth about, to ascertain")
• hafa raun af ("to be troubled by, to be pained by")
• rata í raunir ("to run into trouble, to suffer misfortune")
• raunalega (“sadly, unhappily”)
• raunalegur (“sad, unhappy, distressed”)

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἔρομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 391-92

• runa

From English round. Doublet of ronda, ronde, and rondo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈra.ʊn]
• Hyphenation: ra‧un

raun

1. to patrol, to travel around, to tour.

   Synonyms: berkeliling, ronda, patroli

• “raun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish rón. Cognate to Irish rón, Scottish Gaelic ròn, Breton reunig, Cornish reun.

raun f (genitive singular raun, plural raunteeyn)

1. seal (Phoca vitulina); sea monster

• boayl raun (“seal rockery”)
• quallian raun (“seal pup”)
• raun beg (“common seal, harbour seal”)
• raun chleayshagh (“sea lion”)
• raun ghlass (“grey seal”)

• rogn
• røyne, røyn, raudn, raum, rong, raugn, rømn, ragn, rønn, røne, rånnj, rån (dialectal)

From Old Norse reynir.

• IPA^(key): /rœʊːn/

raun m (definite singular raunen, indefinite plural raunar, definite plural raunane)

1. (botany) rowan
   1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan
   2. any of the small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with white flowers and red berries

• nuar, runa, unar, urna

From an Austronesian language, compare Indonesian raun (“to travel around”).

raun

1. stroll, wander