† aˈtren, v. Obs.
Forms: 3 pa. tense atarnde, -ærnde, -ornde, 4–5 inf. atrenne.
[f. at- prefix2 + OE. rennan (weak): see run. Cf. G. entrennen. Properly causal, but confused with the intr. atrin, q.v.]
intr. To run away, escape (with dat. = from).
| 1205 Lay. 26638 Þa eorles biuoren heom aneuste atarnden. 1297 R. Glouc. 539 The Constable vnnethe Atarnde aliue. Ibid. 419 He atornde as vaste as he myȝte. 1374–86 Chaucer [see under atrede]. |