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This is becaus "roin" is actually onomatopoeic in origin. It's the sound a big gold coin makes when you drop it and it does that little spinning thing before landing one or the other side up - you know "roin-roin-roinroinroinroin clunk!"
A "roynish" fool was obviously someone who couldn't catch the coins thrown him and dropped them on the tiles where they roined around.
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