Reynold

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• 1884From the archives

  Reynold— “power of judgment”

  _Ragn_, or judgment, the leading word in this class of names, is connected with the Latin _rego_, to rule, and as _rectus_ sprang from the one, so the Gothic _raihts_ and our _right_ arose from the Teutonic forms, as well as to _wreak_, and the German _rache_, vengeance, both from the old idea of justice. _Ragn_, though primarily meaning justice, is also used, as judgment is, in the sense of wisdom. Reginald Pole was in his own time known as Reynold. We get the longer name…

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  _Ragn_, or judgment, the leading word in this class of names, is connected with the Latin _rego_, to rule, and as _rectus_ sprang from the one, so the Gothic _raihts_ and our _right_ arose from the Teutonic forms, as well as to _wreak_, and the German _rache_, vengeance, both from the old idea of justice. _Ragn_, though primarily meaning justice, is also used, as judgment is, in the sense of wisdom. Reginald Pole was in his own time known as Reynold. We get the longer name from his Latinism as Reginaldus.

  Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter V (The Karling Romances), Section IV (Renaud) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)