v. Obs. Forms: 1 æthrín-an, 3 atrin-en, etrin-en, attryne. 1 Pa. t. æthrán, 2–3 atran. [OE. æthrínan, f. AT- pref.1 + hrínan to touch: see RINE and ARINE.]
1. To touch.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxiii. 3. Nellaþ híʓ þá mid heora fingre æthrínan.
c. 1205. Lay., 1554. Ȝif he hine mid sweorde atran.
c. 1275. Passion our Lord, 582, in O. E. Misc., 53. Jhesus … forbed þat heo attryne ne scolde his honde.
2. fig. a. To touch, concern; b. to befall.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 50. Ich write muchel uor oðre, þat noðing ne etrineð ou.
c. 1275. Sinners Beware, 258, in O. E. Misc., 80. Bute he do bi preostes lore … Ne schal him no god attryne.
