different between proin vs roin

English

Pronunciation

Verb

proin (third-person singular simple present proins, present participle proining, simple past and past participle proined)

1. Obsolete form of prune.

Anagrams

• Ripon, orpin, ponir, porin, prion, rip on, ripon

Latin

Adverb

proin (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of proinde

References

• proin in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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, inr?, iron, noir, nori

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