Crossword clues for aroint
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 t is perh. for ta, for thou. Cf. Room space.] Stand off, or begone. [Obs.]
Aroint thee, witch, the rump-fed ronyon cries.
--Shak.
Aroint \A*roint"\, v. t.
To drive or scare off by some exclamation. [R.] ``Whiskered
cats arointed flee.''
--Mrs. Browning.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
intransitive verb, c.1600, used by Shakespeare (only in imperative: "begone!"), obsolete and of obscure origin. "[T]he subject of numerous conjectures, none of which can be said to have even a prima facie probability." [OED]
Wiktionary
vb. (context archaic English) to dispel, to drive away
Usage examples of "aroint".
I love you, I love you, oh, the horror, the horror, and aroint thee, witch, aroint thee, indeed and truly you’ve chosen a bad place to be lame in, willow, willow, willow.
Bid her alight, And her troth plight, And, aroint thee, witch, aroint thee!