From Middle English atrinen, ætrinen, from Old English æthrīnan (“to touch, take, move”), equivalent to at- + rine. Compare also arine.
atrine (third-person singular simple present atrines, present participle atrining, simple past atrined or atrone, past participle atrined or atrinnen)
- (transitive, obsolete) To touch; rine.
- (transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To touch; concern; befall.