raun

From Old Norse raun.

• 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”)

• runa

• IPA^(key): /raˑun/

raun

1. to patrol, to travel around, to tour

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”)

From an Austronesian language, compare Indonesian raun, travel.

raun

1. stroll, wander