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Old English · noun

traht

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/trɑxt/
Syllables
trɑxt (1 syllable)
Modern English
textcommentarytreatiseexposition

Meaning

  1. text, passage, exposition, treatise, commentary

    Nu bidde ic eow þæt ge beon geðyldige on eowerum geðance, ōðþæt we ðone traht mid Godes fylste oferrædan magon.

    Now I pray you to be patient in your thoughts till, with God's assistance, we can read over the text.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"

Declension

Declension of traht
SingularPlural
Nominative trahttrahtas
Accusative trahttrahtas
Genitive trahtestrahta
Dative trahtetrahtum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From trahtnian, trahtian (“to treat, comment on, expound, consider”), from Proto-Indo-European *derk- (“to see, behold, observe, notice”), cognate with Old High German trahta.

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