English

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) 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.]

Manx

Pronoun

roin

1. 1st 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 ‎(plural roins)

1. (anatomy) kidney

Declension