"Reynard" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɹɛnə(ɹ)d/, /ˈɹɛnɑː(ɹ)d/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Reynard.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Old French Renart (Modern renard (“fox”)), influenced by Middle Dutch Reynaerd, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, from *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”) + *harduz (“hard, strong”). Compare German Reinhard, Old High German Reginhart (“strong in counsel”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|renart|Renart}} Old French Renart, {{m|fr|renard||fox}} renard (“fox”), {{der|en|dum|Reynaerd}} Middle Dutch Reynaerd, {{quote-web|en|accessdate=25 May 2016|archivedate=16 December 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216151814/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/reynard|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/reynard}} 2016 May 25 (last accessed), (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 2015-12-16:, {{der|en|gem-pro|*Raginaharduz}} Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, {{m|gem-pro|*raginą||decision, advice, counsel}} *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”), {{m|gem-pro|*harduz||hard, strong}} *harduz (“hard, strong”), {{cog|de|Reinhard}} German Reinhard, {{cog|goh|Reginhart||strong in counsel}} Old High German Reginhart (“strong in counsel”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Reynard
  1. A male given name Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Derived forms: Reynardian Related terms: reynard, Renard, Reinhart
    Sense id: en-Reynard-en-name-YXBLU7xd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 25 1
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Sense id: en-Reynard-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames
  3. (literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox. Tags: literary, poetic Translations (name in European folklore for the red fox): Reinaart (Dutch), Reintje (Dutch), Renardo (Esperanto), Mikko Repolainen (Finnish), Renart [masculine] (French), Reineke (German), Reineke Fuchs (German), Renart [masculine] (Italian), ルナール (Runāru) (Japanese), Renartus (Latin), Reynke (Low German), Ruaree Ruy (Manx), de vos Reynaerde [masculine] (Old Dutch), Reynaert [masculine] (Old Dutch), Ренар (Renar) (Russian), Mickel räv (Swedish), Madyn [masculine] (Welsh), Madog [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Reynard-en-name-M3Y8M1NX Disambiguation of 'name in European folklore for the red fox': 14 2 84

Alternative forms

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