Etymology

atrine

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Today it means: To touch. Full definition →

Middle English atrinen ← Old English æthrīnan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromæthrīnan“to touch, take, move”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromatrinen
  3. English todayatrine

From Middle English atrinen, ætrinen, from Old English æthrīnan (“to touch, take, move”), equivalent to at- + rine. Compare arine.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.