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Webster 1913 Edition

Inn

Inn

(ĭn)
,
Noun.
[AS.
in
,
inn
, house, chamber, inn, from AS.
in
in; akin to Icel.
inni
house. See
In
.]
1.
A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Therefore with me ye may take up your
inn

For this same night.
Spenser.
2.
A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
☞ As distinguished from a private boarding house, an inn is a house for the entertainment of all travelers of good conduct and means of payment, as guests for a brief period, not as lodgers or boarders by contract.
The miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial
inn
.
W. Irving.
3.
The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person;
as, Leicester
Inn
.
[Eng.]
4.
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers;
as, the
Inns
of Court; the
Inns
of Chancery; Serjeants’
Inns
.
Inns of chancery
(Eng.)
,
colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly bp attorn`ys, solocitors, etc.
–
Inns of court
(Eng.)
,
the four societies of “students and practicers of the law of England” which in London exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.

Inn

(ĭn)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inned
(ĭnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inning
.]
To take lodging; to lodge.
[R.]
Addison.

Inn

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To house; to lodge.
[Obs.]
When he had brought them into his city
And
inned
them, everich at his degree.
Chaucer.
2.
To get in; to in. See
In
,
Verb.
T.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inn

INN

,
Noun.
[Heb. To dwell or to pitch a tent.]
1.
A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. In America, it is often a tavern, where liquors are furnished for travelers and others.
There was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2.
2.
In England, a college of municipal or common law professors and students; formerly, the town-house of a nobleman, bishop or other distinguished personage, in which he resided when he attended the court.
Inns of court, colleges in which students of law reside and are instructed. The principal are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.
Inns of chancery, colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies. These are now occupied chiefly by attorneys, solicitors, &c.

Definition 2024

Inn

Inn

See also: inn, INN, -inn, and Appendix:Variations of "in"

Danish

Proper noun

Inn

  1. (geography) The river Inn, which flows to the Danube.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪn/

Proper noun

Inn

  1. (geography) The river Inn, which flows to the Danube.

German

The river Inn enters the Danube

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪn/

Proper noun

Inn m ‎(genitive Inns)

  1. (geography) The river Inn, which flows to the Danube.

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪn/

Proper noun

Inn n

  1. (geography) The river Inn, which flows to the Danube.

inn

inn

See also: INN, Inn, -inn, and Appendix:Variations of "in"

English

Noun

inn ‎(plural inns)

  1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
    • Washington Irving
      the miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
      One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
  2. A tavern.
  3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
    the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns
  4. (Britain, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
    Leicester Inn
  5. (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
    • Spenser
      Therefore with me ye may take up your inn / For this same night.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:pub

Translations

See also

Verb

inn ‎(third-person singular simple present inns, present participle inning, simple past and past participle inned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To house; to lodge.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)

Anagrams

German

Preposition

inn

  1. Obsolete spelling of in

Gothic

Romanization

inn

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌽

Icelandic

Adverb

inn

  1. in, inside
    Hvenær komumst við inn?
    When can we get inside?

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse inn

Adverb

inn

  1. in

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse inn.

Preposition

inn

  1. in, into
    Dei gjekk inn i hòla.
    They walked into the cave.

Adverb

inn

  1. inside (usually a building)
    Lat oss gå inn.
    Let's go inside.

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

Probably from inne ‎(“in, inside”).

Noun

inn n

  1. inn

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jainaz ‎(“that over there, yon”). Cognate with Old English ġeon, Old Frisian jen, jena, Old High German jēner, Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 ‎(jains).

Article

inn ‎(feminine in, neuter it)

  1. the (definite article)

Declension

References

  • inn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪn/

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