lin

Meanings

Verb

• To desist, to stop to cease.

Noun

• Alternate spelling of linn
• Alternative of line

Origin

• From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan ("to cease from, desist, lose, yield up"), 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").
• See English linn.
• From Middle English lin, from Old English līn. For more information, see the entry linen, lint.