v. Obs. [OE. trahtnian, f. traht text, passage, exposition.] trans. To expound.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., I. 510. Hræʓmon trahtnað þis godspell. Ibid., II. 278. We woldon ʓefyrn trahtnian be ðam lambe.
a. 1050. Liber Scintill., lxv. (1889), 200. Mid were æwfæstum trahtna [tracta] be haliʓnysse.
c. 1200. Ormin, 11680. Nimeþþ gom Off þiss þatt here iss trahhtnedd.
