† yraynn.
Obsolete.
A spider.
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea viii. 6 The calf of Samarie shal be into [altered from be do into] webbis of yreinus [a1425 L.V. ireyns].
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xvi. 143 I do as the yrayne doth; for as longe as any blood..is in the flye, al she souketh it.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2646 All oure ȝeris..Sall be thoght as an yrayn [Psalm xc. 9].
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