roin

See also: ròin and róin

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

Verb

roin (third-person singular simple present roins, present participle roining, simple past and past participle roined)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To growl; to roar. [15th-17th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:
      Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne, when salvage choler gan redound.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman roigne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

Noun

roin (plural roins)

  1. (obsolete) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot. [15th-16th c.]

Anagrams

Manx

Pronoun

roin

  1. 1st person plural of roish
    before us

Derived terms
  • roinyn (emphatic)

Volapük

Noun

roin (plural roins)

  1. (anatomy) kidney

Declension
declension of roin
singular plural
nominative roin roins
genitive roina roinas
dative roine roines
accusative roini roinis
vocative 1 o roin! o roins!
predicative 2 roinu roinus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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