quhryne

Scots

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *hwrīna. Cognate to Old Icelandic hrina, Norwegian rina, Norwegian Nynorsk vrina. The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

quhryne (third-person singular simple present quhrynes, present participle quhrynein, simple past quhrynet, past participle quhrynet)

1. (obsolete) to squeal, whine

Noun

quhryne (plural quhrynes)

1. (obsolete) a squeal, whine

Further reading

• “quhrine, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “quhrine, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.