raina

nettled, enlaced

raina (1) adj. "nettled, enlaced" (VT42:11)

raina

smiling, gracious, sweet-faced

raina (2) adj. "smiling, gracious, sweet-faced" (VT44:35, PE17:182). Cf. raita #3.

raina

adjective. smiling, gracious, sweet-faced

raina

adjective. netted, enlaced, caught in a net, netted, enlaced; caught in a net

An adjective glossed “netted, enlaced” in notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from 1967-69 based on the root √RAY “net, knit, contrive network or lace; involve in a network, enlace” (VT42/11). In a draft of this etymology appearing in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, the adjective was instead glossed “netted, caught in net” and the root was glossed “net; knit (contrive a network); catch, involve (in a net)” (PE22/159).

raina

adjective. netted, caught in net