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† arain Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 4 arayne, iran, -ain, -eyn(e, irany, yreyn(e, 5 aranye, aranee, arein, erayne, -ane, -eyne, erany(e; dial. 7 arain, 9 arran, arrand.
[a. OF. araigne (aragne, iragne, iraigne), cogn. w. Pr. aranha, eranha:—L. arānea.]
A spider.
a1300E.E. Psalter xxxviii. 12 And to skulke als irain þou made saule his. 1388Wyclif Isa. lix. 5 Thei han..maden webbis of an yreyn. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lv. (1495) 896 The hony sholde be corrupte that is in the combes and Araynes sholde be gendrid. 1440Promp. Parv. 14 Aranye or erayne, Aranea. Ibid. 140 Eranye or spider. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. 297 A thing withoute soule wers than a tode or a ereyne. c1460Bk. Quintess. i. 2 By generacioun of flies, and areins. 1674Ray N. Countr. Words 2 An Arain: a Spider..used only for the larger kind of Spiders. Nottinghamshire. 1849C. Brontë Shirley v. 45 ‘You never heard of Bruce, perhaps?’ ‘And th' arrand?’ |