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Roin vs Roon - What's the difference?

roin | roon |

As a noun roin

is .

As an adjective roon is

(obsolete) red.

roin

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To growl; to roar.
  • * 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 (etyl) ruinne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.
    • ----

    roon

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) red
  • * J. R. Drake
    • Her face was like the lily roon .
    (Webster 1913) ----