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Early Modern English: R

raine

rain

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  1. Old English · about 1121regn (plural reinas) · rain
  2. Middle English · about 1390reyn · rain
  3. Early Modern English · 1580raine · rain
  4. English todayrain

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reason

reason, what is fair

On the way to English reason

  1. Latin · about 160 BCEratio · a reckoning, an account; reason
  2. Middle English · about 1390resoun · reason; what is right
  3. Early Modern English · 1623reason · reason, what is fair
  4. English todayreason

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