Obs. Also 4–5 astreyn, 5 estrayne. [a. OF. astreign- stem of astreindre, astraindre:—L. astringĕre to ASTRINGE.] To bind; to put under obligation; to restrain.
c. 1400. Apol. Loll., 52. He may astreyn himsilf a ȝer to dwel wiþ a man to serue him.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 363/4. Jhesus … was taken, estrayned, haled forth, and mocked.
1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 108. And free in place Will die, ere base cord hand and foot astraine.
