Middle French

Noun

royne f (plural roynes)

1. queen

Descendants

• French: reine

Norman

Alternative forms

• ranne (continental Normandy)
• reine (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.

Noun

royne f ‎(plural roynes)

1. (Guernsey) queen

Old French

Alternative forms

• raine, raïne
• reine, reïne
• roigne
• roine, roïne
• roÿne (diaereses are not universally used in scholarly transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

Latin regina.

Noun

royne f ‎(oblique plural roynes, nominative singular royne, nominative plural roynes)

1. queen (female monarch)

Descendants

• French: reine
• Norman: royne, ranne, reine