renig

See also: re-nig

English

Etymology

Originally a misspelling of renege

Verb

renig (third-person singular simple present renigs, present participle renigging, simple past and past participle renigged)

1. (US, colloquial, dated) To renege.
   • 1897, Munsey's Magazine, volume 16, page 559:

     My partner held the winning trick, and when the last card was on the board the score stood four to four. […] [T]he next gentleman will kindly follow suit — there is no renigging in this game — and the gentleman on my right will do the same.

   • 1900, William Hardcastle Browne, Odd Derivations of Words, Phrases, Slang, Synonyms and Proverbs:

     […] cutting, shuffling, playing, revoking, discarding, renigging.

   • 1916, Phi Alpha Gamma Quarterly, volume 15, number 2, page 41:

     […] but so far the girls have at the fatal moment renigged.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• niger, Reign, Negri, reign, ringe, Grine, Reing, Grein, nigre, Niger

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.nij/

Adjective

rēniġ

1. Alternative form of reġniġ

Declension

Declension of rēniġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rēniġ	rēniġu, rēnġu, rēniġo, rēnġo	rēniġ
Accusative	rēniġne	rēniġe, rēnġe	rēniġ
Genitive	rēniġes, rēnġes	rēniġre	rēniġes, rēnġes
Dative	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġre	rēniġum, rēnġum
Instrumental	rēniġe, rēnġe	rēniġre	rēniġe, rēnġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rēniġe, rēnġe	rēniġa, rēnġa, rēniġe, rēnġe	rēniġu, rēnġu, rēniġo, rēnġo
Accusative	rēniġe, rēnġe	rēniġa, rēnġa, rēniġe, rēnġe	rēniġu, rēnġu, rēniġo, rēnġo
Genitive	rēniġra	rēniġra	rēniġra
Dative	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġum, rēnġum
Instrumental	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġum, rēnġum

Declension of rēniġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rēniġa, rēnġa	rēniġe, rēnġe	rēniġe, rēnġe
Accusative	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġe, rēnġe
Genitive	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan
Dative	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan
Instrumental	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan
Accusative	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan	rēniġan, rēnġan
Genitive	rēniġra, rēniġena, rēnġena	rēniġra, rēniġena, rēnġena	rēniġra, rēniġena, rēnġena
Dative	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġum, rēnġum
Instrumental	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġum, rēnġum	rēniġum, rēnġum