lin

Verb

To desist, to stop, to cease.

Noun

Alternative spelling of linn.

Noun

Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”).

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: linnen

Inherited from Old English: linnan

Cognate with Danish: linne

Cognate with Swedish: linna

Cognate with Icelandic: linna

Cognate with English: linn

Inherited from Middle English: lin

Inherited from Old English: līn

In summary

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”).