areynen

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman areiner, arener (continental Old French araisnier), from Late Latin *adratiōnāre. Compare dereynen.

• a-rene, areyne, arrayne

• IPA^(key): /aˈræi̯nən/, /aˈrɛːnən/

areynen (third-person singular simple present areyneth, present participle areynende, areynynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle areyned)

1. (ambitransitive) To interrogate or probe someone; to ask for an account[transitive or with of]
2. (usually intransitive) To arraign; to ask to answer a charge.
3. (ambitransitive, rare) To chastise, accuse or reprimand.

• This verb is usually found in the past tense, though other forms sometimes appear.

• reynen

• English: arraign

• “arreinen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From a- +‎ Old English reġnian (“to prepare”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈræi̯nən/

areynen (third-person singular simple present areyneth, present participle areynende, areynynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle areyned)

1. (hapax legomenon) To prepare for; to set up for.

• “areinen, v.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.