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træf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
træf, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§345;
a tent, pavilion
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  • Lǽdan ita torhtan mægð tó træfe ðam heán (cf. wæs seó hálige meówle on his búrgetelde,

      22, 10; Jud. 57), Judth. Thw. 22, 2; Jud. 43: 25, 12; Jud. 255.
  • Beornas stódon ymbe hyra þeódnes træf,

      25, 19; Jud. 268.
a building
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  • Tigelfágan trafu, torras, windige weallas,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1683; An. 844.
Etymology
[Cf. (?) Icel. traf a fringe, hem: in mod. usage, a kerchief]
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v. hearg-, hell-, wearg-træf.
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