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runt

n.
UK //ɹˈʌnt// runt Archaic Dialect Slang
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Origin

The OED classifies this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED considers this to be unlikely. Possibly connected to Icelandic hrotti meaning "brute".

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