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English
Noun
arent (plural arents)
- A kind of anthropogenic soil, with deep mixing due to ploughing, digging, etc.
2019, Luther Hammond, James E Box Jr, Rhizosphere Dynamics, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 196:[…] to neutral than that of the arent soil (Edwards and Lofty 1977).
Verb
arent
- Misspelling of aren't.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch arent (“harvest”). Related to obsolete arnen (“to harvest”), ongearend (“unharvested”). Cognate with German Ernte (“harvest”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arent f (uncountable, diminutive arentje n)
- (obsolete) harvest
- Synonym: oogst
Usage notes
Plural has not been attested. Not to be confused with arend (“eagle”).
Related terms
Latin
Verb
arent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of arō
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English around.
Pronunciation
Preposition
arent
- around
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.- Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23