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

• Iron, Orin, RINO, Rion, inro, inrō, iron, noir, nori

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Manx

Pronoun

roin

1. first-person plural of roish

   before us

   • Heeyn yn clane twoaie jeh'n ellan roin. The whole north of the island lay before us.
   • Va'n lhong jeeragh roin. The ship was straight ahead of us.

Derived terms

• roinyn (emphatic)

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Volapük

Noun

roin (nominative 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 later, non-classical Volapük only