- Aroint thee, witch!
- • Aroint [aroynt] thee, witch! W. Shakespeare Прочь, ведьма! (У. Шекспир)
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Aroint thee, witch!
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Aroint — A*roint ([.a]*roint ), interj. [Cf. Prov. E. rynt, rynt thee, roynt, or runt, terms used by milkmaids to a cow that has been milked, in order to drive her away, to make room for others; AS. r[=y]man to make room or way, fr. r[=u]m room. The final … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aroint — verb /əˈrɔɪnt/ to dispel, to drive away , 1605: And aroint thee, witch, aroint thee! William Shakespeare, King Lear III.iv … Wiktionary
aroint — əˈrȯint verb Etymology: origin unknown verb imperative : begone used with reflexive thee aroint thee, witch Shakespeare transitive verb ed/ ing/ s : to drive away by or as if by an exclamation or curse … Useful english dictionary
aroint — verb imperative Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1605 archaic begone < aroint thee, witch Shakespeare > … New Collegiate Dictionary
nightmares — In folklore, a mare or nightmare is not a distressing dream, but a supernatural being who crushes a sleeper s body by sitting on it (see *hag riding); the word is sometimes mistakenly associated with mare = female horse . Around Durham, it was … A Dictionary of English folklore
