different between attorn vs attern

English

Etymology

From Middle English attournen, from Old French atorner (“designate”), from a- (“to”) + torner (“turn”).

Verb

attorn (third-person singular simple present attorns, present participle attorning, simple past and past participle attorned)

1. (intransitive, law) To transfer one's obligations from a person to another person.
2. (intransitive, law) To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord.
3. (intransitive, law) To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute.

Synonyms

• traditio brevi manu

Derived terms

• attornment
• attorney

Anagrams

• Arnott, ratton

English

Etymology

From Middle English attern, from Old English ?tren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r?n (“poisonous”). Equivalent to atter +? -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æt?(?)n

Adjective

attern (comparative more attern, superlative most attern)

1. (Britain dialectal) Venomous; poisonous.
2. (Britain dialectal, of people) Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.

Derived terms

• attern-temper

Anagrams

• Arnett, natter, ratten, tarten, treant

Middle English

Alternative forms

• atterne, hatterne

Etymology

From Old English ?tren, ættern, from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r?n.

Adjective

attern

1. Containing poison; poisonous, venomous.

Descendants

• English: attern

References

• “attern, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.