Obs. Also is yreyn(e, -eine. [a. OF. iraine, var. araine ARAIN. Cf. IRANE.] A spider.
1382. Wyclif, Hosea viii. 6. The calf of Samarie shal be into webbis of yreinus [1388 ireyns].
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, III. xvi. (1869), 143. I do as the yrayne doth; for as longe as any blood … is in the flye, al she souketh it.
c. 1450. St. Cuthbert (Surtees), 2646. All oure ȝeris … Sall be thoght as an yrayn [Psalm xc. 9].
