Aroynt

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF AROYNT?

  • The obsolete imperative verb or exclamation aroynt! or aroynt thee! 
    means “begone!”
  • Aroynt has no convincing or even plausible etymology.
  • The phrase Aroynt thee, witch! first appears in Shakespeare’s King Lear and Macbeth.
  • Aroynt thee, witch! next appears in the works of the Scottish author and antiquarian, Sir Walter Scott in 1816.

The Forms of Aroynt

Infinitive:to aroynt
Present Tense:aroynt / aroynts
Past Tense:aroynted
Present Participle:aroynting
Past Participle:aroynted

Conjugate Aroynt

Aroynt in Present Simple (Indefinite) Tense

SingularPlural
I aroyntWe aroynt
You aroyntYou aroynt
He/She/It aroyntsThey aroynt