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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/04/19 14:42 UTC 版)
Uncertain, and subject to various attempts to connect it to multiple Germanic and Romance etymons; first attested in the First Folio, and sometimes posited to be an error for anoint, referring to a witch’s supposed flight-facilitating ointment, and thus being a commandment for her to anele herself and fly away; also said to be taken from the phrase rowan tree, thought to dispel witches.
aroint (third-person singular simple present aroints, present participle arointing, simple past and past participle arointed)