arayne
Middle English
Alternative forms
- arane, a-rayne, areyn, arreyne, erane, erayn, erayne, ereyn, ereyne, hyrayne, irane
- yreyn (Buckinghamshire); arany, eranye (Norfolk); aran, irain (Northern); uryn, uryne (Staffordshire)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French araigne, aragne, iraigne, from Latin arānea, related to or derived from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈræi̯n(ə)/, /aˈraːn(ə)/, /iˈræi̯n(ə)/
- (with reduction) IPA(key): /ˈarɛn(ə)/, /ˈarin(ə)/
Noun
arayne
Descendants
References
- “arain(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.