lin.
To desist, to stop, to cease.
Meaning & usage
To desist, to stop, to cease.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-West Germanic *linnan, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).
Alternative spelling of linn.
a roaring lin
Where this word comes from
See English linn.
Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lin, from Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint.
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