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But the reins used for horses are from the Latin word retinere hold back, whereas "reindeer" comes from the language of the Vikings.
Thestar.com - Home Page Katherine Barber 2010
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According to my dictionary, Middle English : from Old French rene, based on Latin retinere ‘retain.’
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Schneid., analambanein = retinere equum, anhalten, pariren. i.e. “rein in” of the “Parade.”
On Horsemanship 2007
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Tartarorum finibus, et si vult aliquas retinere, sibi retinet, alias verò dat suis homimbus.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Imperatoribus Gr鎐orum, et Alemannorum adeptus (quipp� qui etiam eum retinere pro generis amplitudine tentassent) omnia pronatalis soli desiderio spreuit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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[Marginal note: Filius natu minimus Edwardi 3.], multis moerentibus, iter apparauit vers鵶 le Pruys: quem non Loudinensium gemitus, non communis vulgi moeror retinere poterant, quin proficisci vellet.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Tartarorum finibus, et si vult aliquas retinere, sibi retinet, alias ver� dat suis homimbus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Si ipse vult sibi retinere aliquas retinet: alias dat suis hominibus, sicut videtur ei expedire.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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"_Sed consuetudo nostra est ex dictis meliorum meliora aggregare, et ubi dubitatio est, opiniones diversas interserere; ut quisque sibi eligat quam velit retinere. _"
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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Item superfluas quasdam videntur retinere, X et K et Q ...
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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