Meanings
- obsoleteSunrise.
Origin
- Old Englishǣrist“rising, resurrection”
- Middle Englishsunneryst
- Englishsunrist
From Middle English sunneryst, from sunne (“sun”) + *rist (“rising”) (as from Old English ǣrist (“rising, resurrection”)), equivalent to sun + arist.
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