Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
The girl couldn't stop crying, where quine (girl) is the same as the Anglish word that went up in the world to become "queen"
Alan
Just to show how these things hang on in the race memory, the old farmers in Norfolk used to use 'quin' to mean a female of any sort.

As in -

"How big's your herd, Bor?"
Blast, Bor, it be 21 - 1 bull and 20 quin!
Regards

Chas