Obs. Also 4–5 tryne, 5 trien. [Aphetic f. ME. atrīne-, etrīne-n, ATRINE:—OE. æthrínan to touch, f. æt- AT- + hrínan to touch.]

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  trans. To touch.

2

c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 21. Whu shal þat wurðe, siððen wapman me ne trineð?

3

1340–70.  Alex. & Dind., 132. Sent was a vois sone fro heuene, Þat non trinde þe tres.

4

1393.  Langl., P. Pl., C. XXI. 87. For alle hij were vnhardy þat houede þer oþer stode, To touche hym oþer to tryne [v.rr. trien, trine, trinen, turne] hym oþer to take hym doun and graue hym.

5

c. 1400.  St. Alexius (Trinity), 429. Ac hy ne dorste hem tryne [Laud ouer him trine].

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