arran

arran (plural arrans)

1. (dialectal, Yorkshire) Spider.
   • 1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire‎, London: J.R.Smith, page 3:

     ARRANS, spiders.

• ran

From Proto-Germanic [Term?], cognate with English rand (“edge, border”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈran/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈran/

arran

1. close to the root, close-cropped

   Tallar els cabells arran. ― Cut the hair close to the root.

2. at level

   Omplir el gerro ben arran. ― Fill the vase up to the brim.

3. near, closely

   Calcar seguint la línia molt arran. ― Trace the line very closely.

• arran de

• “arran” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “arran”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “arran” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Irish arán.

arran m (genitive singular [please provide], plural arranyn)

1. bread