Arranとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 中期英語 arayne, arane, from Old French araigne, aragne, from Latin arānea, related to or derived from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē). Doublet of Arachne.

発音

• (Northern England) IPA: /ˈaɹən/

名詞

arran (plural arrans)

1. (Yorkshire, obsolete) spider
   • 1685, George Meriton, “A Yorkeſhire Dialogue in its pure natural Dialect”, in The praise of York-ſhire ale wherein is enumerated ſeveral ſorts of drinks‎, York: Francis Hildyard, page 59:

     Sweep'th Arrans down, till all be clean neer lin, Els he'l leauk all Agye when he comes in […]

   • 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Hollow’s Cottage”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 79:

     "And th' arrand (spider)? Yes, but I hev: I 've read th' history o' Scotland, and happen knaw as mich on't as ye; and I understand ye to mean to say ye 'll persevere."

   • 1881, James Henry Dixon, chapter XI, in Chronicles and Stories of the Craven Dales‎, Skipton: Edmondson & Co., page 189:

     Shoo wor a beautiful lass—cheeks like a rose, hair colour o' gowd, an' fine an' silky as an arran web.