"trant" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /trant/ Forms: trantes [plural], trante [alternative], traunt [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch trant, from tranten (“to walk”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|dum|trant}} Middle Dutch trant Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} trant, {{enm-noun|trantes}} trant (plural trantes), {{tlb|enm|Late ME}} (Late Middle English)
  1. A stratagem, trick or trant; an act of cleverness. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-trant-enm-noun-kgyC8Rpp
  2. Cleverness, trickiness; a tendency to be tricky. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-trant-enm-noun-jn6OaCsX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Human behaviour Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 19 10 2 10 2 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 8 3 1 1 37 1 11 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 8 92

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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