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linned

linned is the simple past and past participle of lin.

Meaning of lin

Verb

lin (third-person singular simple present lins, present participle linning, simple past linned or lan, past participle linned or lan or lun)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) To desist, to stop, to cease.
    • Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about linned

What is linned the simple past and past participle of?
Linned is the simple past and past participle of lin.

Words near linned in the dictionary

  1. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
  2. Linnaeus's two-toed sloths
  3. linne
  4. Linnea
  5. Linnean
  6. linned
  7. Linnei
  8. Linnell
  9. Linnell Camp
  10. Linnells
  11. Linneman

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