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reyse¹

verb reyses · reysing · reysed

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of raise

reyse²

  • /ɹeɪz/

Sounds like raise, rays, raze · Rhymes with -eɪz

Where it comes from

From Middle English reysen (“to travel, journey, go on a military expedition”), probably from Middle Dutch reisen, resen (compare Old English rāsian (“to explore”)), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn (“to set out, depart, journey”). Cognate with Danish rejse (“to travel”), Dutch reizen (“to travel”), German reisen (“to travel”), Norwegian reise (“to travel”), Swedish resa (“to travel”). See also reys.

verb reyses · reysing · reysed

  1. obsolete To go on a military expedition.
  2. obsolete To journey or travel.

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@misc{reyse_2026,
  title = {reyse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reyse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}