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Secondary post-Norse loss of n
before s: rįesa "to wash" (Old Norse:
hreinsa), wįster "left" (Old
Norse vinstri with /w/-sound)
Spontaneous (non-etymological)...
- rime"
rimeur rimailler rincer "to rinse" ( < OFr raïncer, raïncier < ON
hreinsa "to rinse, clean, wipe" < Gmc *hraina-z "clean, pure", cf Goth
hrains "clean")...