v. Obs. rare. [OE. ahrisian, ahrysian, f. A- pref. 1 + hrisian to shake: see RESE v.] trans. and intr. To shake violently.
c. 885. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., lxiv. 461. Ac hudeniʓe ærest hine selfne … & ahrisiʓe siððan oðre.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. xxviii. 6. Drihten ahrysode þa westan eorþan.
c. 1320. Seuyn Sages (W.), 915. The tusches in the tre he smit; The tre aresede as hit wold falle.
