trantes

v. (pres. 3 sg.)

'practices cunning, dodges'

(Modern English trant)

Etymology

Formed on traunt (or directly from one of the verbs cited in its etymological discussion).

PGmc Ancestor

(1) *trand-; (3) *tranata-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)


(ONP )

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

(2) Dan dial trante, Sw dial tranta; (3) Icel tranta, Norw tranta

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

DD1c

Attestation

Hapax legomenon

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 1707

Bibliography

MED tranten (v.) , OED trant (v.1) , HTOED , Dance trantes