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, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     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

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• rolln (Southern Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German rollen, from Old French roeler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre, from Latin rotula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroe̯n/

Verb

roin (past participle groit) (Central)

1. (intransitive, of something round) to roll [auxiliary sei]
2. (transitive) to roll (something round, e.g. a wheel) [auxiliary håbn]
3. (transitive) to roll (something on its wheels) [auxiliary håbn]

Conjugation

Conjugation of roin

infinitive	roin
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	roi	-	rollad
2nd person sing.	roist	-	rolladst
3rd person sing.	roit	-	rollad
1st person plur.	roin	-	rolladn
2nd person plur.	roits	-	rollats
3rd person plur.	roin	-	rolladn
imperative sing.	roi
imperative plur.	roits
past participle	groit

Derived terms

• aufroin
• ausroin
• außaroin
• außeroin
• außiroin
• davoroin
• derroin
• durchroin
• einaroin
• eineroin
• einiroin
• eiroin
• fieraroin
• fiereroin
• fieriroin
• herroin
• hiroin
• iwaranånd
• iwaroin
• nausroin
• neiroin
• owaroin
• oweroin
• owiroin
• ummaroin
• ummeroin
• ummiroin
• verroin
• wegaroin
• wegroin
• weiderroin
• zruckroin
• zåmmroin
• åroin

 

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)

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