different between roin vs roon

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

English

Adjective

roon (comparative more roon, superlative most roon)

1. (obsolete) red
   • J. R. Drake

     Her face was like the lily roon.

Anagrams

• Noor, Noro

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rún.

Noun

roon m (genitive singular roon, plural roonyn)

1. rune

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /run/

Adjective

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

1. Alternative form of roond

Preposition

roon

1. Alternative form of roond

Adverb

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

1. Alternative form of roond

Noun

roon (plural roons)

1. Alternative form of roond
2. A rim or border.

Verb

roon (third-person singular present roons, present participle roonin, past roont, past participle roont)

1. Alternative form of roond