Middle English Dictionary Entry
āren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | āren v. Also (impv.) ōr. |
| Etymology | OE ārian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To show mercy, forgive; God are his saule, may God have mercy, etc.; (b) to treat (sb.) gently, spare.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1066 : Ða wæs Leofric abbot of Burh..dæd sone þær æfter..God are his saule.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1462 : Tu mihht wel arenn himm Þatt iss ȝæn þe forrgilltedd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7504 : Drihhtin att hiss endedaȝȝ..Shall arenn himm & millcenn himm.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3603 : Or ðu ðis folc wið milche moð.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)38/24 : Ðe mon losæð þe liȝeð yfele forwundod, ȝif þe læce him aræð & nyle mid stiðnesse þa wunde hælen.