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A 16th-17th century depiction of the Harrowing of Hell that reads "out out arongt" on the image’s right (Descent into Hell from artist Michael Burghers'Ancient Mysteries Described)
Uncertain, and subject to various attempts to connect it to multiple Germanic and Romance etymons; first attested in the First Folio, and sometimes posited to be an error for anoint, referring to a witch’s supposed flight-facilitating ointment, and thus being a commandment for her to anele herself and fly away; also taken from the phrase rowantree in regard to its apotropaic abilities.
Originally seems to be associated directly with supernatural beings, especially witches, however later on milkmaids employed an aphetic, dialectal form of the term in reference to their herds of cattle (see rynt).
