roin
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman runger, ultimately of imitative origin.
Verb
roin (third-person singular simple present roins, present participle roining, simple past and past participle roined)
- (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.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman roigne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.
Noun
roin (plural roins)
Anagrams
Manx
Pronoun
roin
Derived terms
- roinyn (emphatic)
Volapük
Noun
roin (nominative plural roins)