Etymology

atrin

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Today it means: To run away; escape (from). Full definition →

Middle English atrinnen ← Old English *ætrinnan
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  1. Old English · inherited from*ætrinnan
  2. Middle English · inherited fromatrinnen
  3. English todayatrin

From Middle English atrinnen, ætrinnen, from Old English *ætrinnan, ætiernan (“to run away”), equivalent to at- + run. Compare atren.

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