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prætt

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
prætt, es; m.
Craft, art, wile, trick
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  • Præt, prætt

    astu,

      Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 257, 8.
  • Wó dómas and prættas, Anglia viii. 336, 40 : Wulfst. 245, 2.
  • Prættum

    artibus,

      Hpt. Gl. 459, 23.
  • Ongeán þúsendfealde derigende prattas

    contra mille nocendi artes,

      424, 46.
Etymology
[Prat, pratt a trick, wicked action, Jamieson's Dict. : cf. Laym. mid pretwrenche, 81 : mid prætwrenchen (2nd MS. felle wrenches), 5302: Icel. prettr a trick.]
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