Sense 2 'sort of arrow' (cf. Gdf and FEW), apparently used as an English term, is unexpected and remains unsupported by the MED and OED. The DEAF follows the editor of Rom de Rou WACE (iii 238.n8160) and suggests retaining the sense of 'stinging insect', interpreting the word as metaphor used by the English for the shower of arrows rather than an equivalent Middle English term for 'arrow'.