† aˈtrin, v. Obs.
Forms (only in pa. tense): 1–3 ætarn, 3 attrann, 3–4 atarn.
[OE. ætrinnan, ætirnan, f. at- prefix2 + OE. rinnan or irnan; cf. OE. oðrinnan; cogn. with G. entrinnen: see run.]
intr. To run away, escape (with dat. = from). Also causal, for atren.
| a 1000 Boeth. Metr. xx. 138 [He] þære eorþan æfre ne oðrinneð. c 1000 ælfric Gen. xxxix. 13 Þa ætarn he ut. c 1200 Ormin 1424 Þatt bucc attrann Ut inntill wilde wesste. c 1315 Shoreh. 149 Thes ilke screawe into helle God at arn. |