† atrinev.
Obsolete.
1. To touch.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touch [verb (transitive)]
arinec1000
atrinec1000
rineOE
trinec1200
reachc1225
takec1275
touchc1300
entouch1426
atouch1483
salutea1616
attinge1656
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiii. 3 Nellaþ híg þá mid heora fingre æthrínan.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 779 Ȝif he hine mid sweorde at-ran [c1300 Otho smot].
c1275 Passion Our Lord 582 in Old Eng. Misc. 53 Jhesus..forbed þat heo attryne ne scolde his honde.
2. figurative.
a. To touch, concern.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > concern or refer to
beholda1067
atrinea1250
toucha1325
concernc1400
refera1538
to have respect to (formerly also unto)1542
respect1543
import?1560
regard1605
cerna1616
interest1638
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 22 Ich write muchel uor oþre. þet noþing ne etrineð ou.
b. To befall.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)]
ywortheOE
fallc1225
atrinec1275
to come upon ——a1300
astart1393
to run to ——c1475
to come by ——1523
mishap1592
to come on ——a1599
tryst1645
arrive1655
c1275 Sinners Beware 258 in Old Eng. Misc. 80 Bute he do bi preostes lore..Ne schal him no god attryne.
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