traht
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English traht (“text, passage: exposition, treatise, commentary”) see below.
Noun
traht (plural trahts)
- treatise, exposition, commentary
- To þysen twam wifmannen awrat se ilca Jeronimus manigfealde tractbec, — Early English Homilies, c1150
- Ðis godspel is langsum & hæfð longne traht. — Homilies in MS Bodley, c1175
Derived terms
- trahtnen — to expound, comment on, explain
- trahtnere, tractnere — An expositor, a commentator
- trahtnunge — An exposition, an explication, a treatment.
Related terms
- tract, tracte
References
- Middle English Dictionary, tract
Old English
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trɑxt/
Noun
traht m (nominative plural trahtas)
- text, passage, exposition, treatise, commentary
- ... óððæt wé ðone traht oferrædan mágon ― ... until we can read over the passage
Declension
Declension of traht (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | traht | trahtas |
| accusative | traht | trahtas |
| genitive | trahtes | trahta |
| dative | trahte | trahtum |
Derived terms
- ātrahtnian (“to treat, discuss”)
- godspelltraht (“gospel commentary”)
- intrahtnung (“interpretation”)
- ofertrahtnian (“to comment upon, expound”)
- sealmtraht (“exposition of psalms”)
- trahtaþ (“commentary”)
- trahtbōc (“(religious) treatise, commentary”)
- trahtere, trahtnere (“expounder, commentator, expositor”)
- trahtnung, trahtung (“explanation, exposition, commentary”)
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “traht”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “traht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.