Obs. [Origin uncertain: Mätzner compares LG. arren to vex, f. arre anger = OE. erre, ierre, eorre. Cf. next.] To anger, vex, worry.
[1382. Wyclif, Deut. xxxii. 16. Thei eggiden him in alyen goddis, and in abomynaciouns to wraththe arreden [v.r. arereden, rereden; Vulg. concitaverunt].
a. 1400. Cov. Myst., 306. The Jewys xal crye for joy with a gret voys, and arryn hym, and pullyn of his clothis.
1651. N. Bacon, Hist. Disc., xiv. 216. He arred both the Clergy and Laity.
