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ge-trahtian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-trahtian, -trahtnian; p. ode; pp. od
To treat, explain, expound, consider; tractāre, expōnĕre, consīdĕrāre
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  • Sume ðas race we habbaþ getrahtnod on óðre stówe

    some of this narrative we have expounded in another place,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 264, 23
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  • Ðá cwæþ Pilatus Hú clypedon hig and hú byþ hit getrahtnod on Hebreisc

    then said Pilate 'How did they call out and how is it explained in Hebrew,'

    • Nicod. 4
      • ;
    • Thw. 2, 31
      • .

  • Getrahtad

    interpretatum,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 38, 41
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    • 9, 7
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  • Huætd on woeg gie getrahtade

    quid in via tractabatis,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 33
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  • Habbaþ word gearu wið ðam æglǽcan eall getrahtod

    we have words ready all considered against the wretch,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2718
      • ;
    • An. 1361
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-trahtian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16605.

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