aroint

Etymology
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, 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   in regard to its apotropaic abilities.

Verb

 * 1)  avaunt; begone; go away; leave!
 * 2)  to dispel; to send away.
 * 1)  to dispel; to send away.
 * 1)  to dispel; to send away.

Usage notes

 * 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).