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:
♦
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
(
1327
)
si ajugerent l’exil dé traiteours susditz
areynez
Rot Parl2 116
5lawto arraign (an assize):
lawarraigned person:
(
1347
)
les seignurs perdent lour profit […] et les
arreynez benefice de Seinte Eglise
Rot Parl1 ii 166
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