v. Sc. Obs. In 6 quhryn(e, whryne. [a. OScand. *hwrīna (ON. hrína, Norw. rina; ENorw. and Swed. dial. vrina; with normal disappearance of w in West and h in East Scand.).] intr. To whine; to squeak.
1508. Dunbar, Testament, 87. War I a dog and he a swyne,… I suld ger that lurdane quhryne.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, V. Prol. 32. Thairon aucht na man irk, complene, nor quhryne.
1549. Compl. Scot., vi. 39. The suyne began to quhryne.
16[?]. Montgomerie’s Flyting, 440 (Harl. MS.). As they could they maid it whryne.
Hence † Whrine sb., whining, querulous cry.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. i. 36. The birsit baris and beris in thair styis Roring all wod with quhrynis and wyld cryis.
