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arener (s.xii2/4)
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The form arraigner is a cross reference to the following entry:

arener (s.xii2/4)

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arainer,  arainier,  araisner;  areigner,  areiner,  areisner;  aresner;  arrainer,  arrainier,  arraner;  arreiner,  arrener,  arrenner  (reigner)  
  FEW:  ratio 10,106b Gdf:  araisnier 1,372b GdfC: ∅ TL: araisnier 1,489 DEAF:  raison (araisnier)  DMF:  arraisonner  TLF:  arraisonner  OED:  arraign v.1  / arraign v.2  MED:  arreinen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to address, speak to: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Samuel areisnad Saul, si li dist […]  Liv Reis1 18
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Quant li angeles a lui parla, En tel guise lui araisna: 'Joachim, n’aies pas paor [...]'  Conception wace 328
2to interrogate, ask questions of: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Sun cumpaignun prist a reigner (l. a areigner?), si li dit: N’as tu que mangier?  S Edw barking 2603
( c.1356 )  q’il lour plese areigner et si mestier soit justizer lour justizable […]  ROUGH 17
♦to require an answer from: 
( 1307 )  et il, en court de ceo arené, dit q’il ne savoit qe le maner fust en play  King’s Bench ii.cxxxi
( 1340 )  ceste chose ne nous arene pas qe nous fumes […]  YBB 14 Ed III 49
♦to call to account: 
( 1353 )  nous avoms aresoné le dit T., et areyné de la dite dette  ROUGH 42
3lawto arraign: 
( 1310 )  fust aresné (var. aresoné; arramé (l. arrainé); aram (l. arainé)) de la mort un A., a quele houre il fust aquyté  YBB Ed II iii 53
( 1313-14 )  J.S. fust arrenné de ceste felonie devant justices  YBB Ed II v 103
( 1319 )  un home fut areyné q’il fut fauceor dil moné le Roy  YBB Ed II xxv 122
( 1322-23 ) furent de ceo enditez […] et il furent de veo (l. ceo) arrené  YBB Ed II xi xxx.n1
( 1327 )  si ajugerent l’exil dé traiteours susditz areynez  Rot Parl2 116
( 1328 )  sur la dite cause le facez arener  King’s Bench v 32
( 1389 )  celuy de qi mort ascun tiel soit araigné  Rot Parl1 iii 268
4to determine (case, etc.): 
( MS: s.xiii )  decernere: arener  TLL i 38
5lawto arraign (an assize): 
( 1303 )  une assise de novele disseisine q’est arrainee vers lui  Reg Kellawe iv 509

p.p. as s.

lawarraigned person: 
( 1321 )  e les arrenez chalengerunt q’ils furent lour enditours  YBB Ed II xxvi 41
( 1347 )  les seignurs perdent lour profit […] et les arreynez benefice de Seinte Eglise  Rot Parl1 ii 166

sbst. inf.

lawarraignment: 
( 1302 )  il ne fut pas aresné, mes sanz arener pendu  YBB 30-31 Ed I 503

See also:

araisuner  arramer1 
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