roin

verb, noun — 2 senses

verb

Etymology From Anglo-Norman runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

Obsolete To growl; to roar.

Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne, when salvage choler gan redound.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

noun

Etymology From Anglo-Norman roigne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

Obsolete A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.

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