Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive obsolete English) To irritate; grill; vex; annoy.
Wikipedia
The hill next to Ātene, Puketapu, was once on a peninsula almost completely surrounded by a meander of the Whanganui River; centuries ago the river broke through the neck of the peninsula, connecting the two bends and cutting off the meander. In the 1960s, a hydroelectric dam was proposed at Ātene, because the meander could have been reinstated while the dam was being constructed. A hydroelectric dam would have flooded the river as far back as Taumaranui, and the project was abandoned. While investigating the possibility of a dam, the Ministry of Works built a road in 1959 along the ridgeline overlooking Puketapu. The road is now an 18 km walking track, the Ātene Skyline Track.
Usage examples of "atene".
Later in the morning the door opened again, and through it, unattended, came the Khania Atene, who shut and bolted it behind her.
Just then Atene looked round and saw him and an expression of hatred and contempt gathered on her beautiful face.
But you yellow-haired fellow, you must not let Atene look at you like that.
On the morrow of our arrival the Khania Atene sent us two beautiful white horses of pure and ancient blood, and at noon we mounted them and went out to ride with her accompanied by a guard of soldiers.
It has seemed to me that the Khania Atene is not happy with her husband.
Choose then between the vengeance of Atene and her love, since I am not minded to be mocked in my own land as a wanton who sought a stranger and was--refused.
To all these bitter insults, venomed with the sting of truth, Atene listened without a word.
Yes, answering nothing, he shrank into the corner and cowered there, while Simbri, taking Atene by the hand, went from the room.
After all, I should have hunted Atene, not you, though now she lives to avenge me, for her own sake, not mine.
It was the voice of the Khania Atene, and the man with her was the old Shaman Simbri.
Thereon I bade the Khania Atene, and that old magician her great-uncle, who is Guardian of the Gate, go down to the ancient gates of Kaloon to receive you and bring you hither with all speed.
Behind it was Atene, draped in a black veil from head to foot, and after her marched another company of priests.
In front of the altar the bier was set down and the priests fell back, leaving Atene and her uncle standing alone before the corpse.
Oh, didst thou think, Atene, that thou couldst hide the truth from the all-seeing Hesea of the Mountain?
Surrounding Atene, they led her from the Sanctuary, accompanied by her uncle the Shaman, who, as it seemed to me, either through fatigue or fear, could scarcely stand upon his feet, but stood blinking his dim eyes as though the light dazed him.