▪ I.iran variant of iron n.2= erne, eagle. ▪ II.iran(e variant of arain, spider. Obs. c1440Jacob's Well 74 An ypocryte, a popholy man, is lyche an irane; for an eran, whan he hath longe trauayled & myche, to makyn his web, þanne comyth a lytel wynd and blowyth awey all to-gedere.