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1 gauta
(að), v. to prate, brag.* * *að, to prate, brag, Fas. i. 485; still used in the east of Icel. -
2 skjala
(að), v. to prate, swagger.* * *að, to prate, swagger, Fas. iii 273, 284, Grett. 89 new Ed. -
3 skrafa
(að), v. to prate, chat; recipr., skrafast við, to talk together.* * *að, to prate, chat, Háv. 42; það má kalla hyggins hátt að heyra mart en s. fátt, Hallgr.: recipr., skrafask við, Fas. i. 505; þeir skröfuðusk við, 63. -
4 gambra
(að), v. to brag, bluster.* * *að, to brag, bluster, Glúm. 332, Al. 138, 655 xiii. A. B, Grett. 134 A, Fms. xi. 147:—to prate, Stj. 401. Judges ix. 38; við höfum tíðum gambrað Geir, um götu kræktir saman, Sig. Pét. Ný Fél. vii. 194. -
5 prata
að, [from the Engl.], to prate. pratara-legr, adj. prating: also used of a shy pony, hann er prataralegr. -
6 rabba
(að), v. to babble, prate.* * *(rabb, n), að, to babble, talk nonsense, Karl. 231. -
7 skrapa
* * *(að), v.1) to clatter;2) to prate;3) to scratch out.* * *að, [Engl. scrape], to scrape, clatter; beinin skrapa í skinuinu, Fas. ii. 252; skrapanda hagl, Sks. 229; öxin skrapaði við, Grett. 88 A; járnit skrapar við tennr, Mar.; penningar skrapa lítt í pungi, Bs. ii. 223.2. to scratch; ú-skrapat bréf, D. N. iv. 304; upp gefa, né af sínum skrám skrapa, Thom. 192. -
8 skráfa
(að), v. to prate, chat; recipr., skrafast við, to talk together.* * *(skrjáfa), að, to grate, of shrivelled skin.
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Prate — Prate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prating}.] [Akin to LG. & D. praten, Dan. prate, Sw. & Icel. prata.] To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble. [1913 Webster] To prate and talk for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prate — Prate, n. [Akin to LG. & D. praat, Sw. prat.] Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. [1913 Webster] Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prate — Prate, v. t. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble. [1913 Webster] What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate ! Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prate — (v.) early 15c., from M.Du. praten to prate (c.1400), from a West Germanic imitative root (Cf. M.L.G. praten, M.H.G. braten, Swed. prata to talk, chatter ). Related: Prated; prating … Etymology dictionary
prate — index bombast, prattle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Praté — praté, praton nm petit pré Normandie … Glossaire des noms topographiques en France
prate — [preıt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Dutch; Origin: praten] [i]old use to talk in a meaningless, boring way about something … Dictionary of contemporary English
prate — [ preıt ] verb intransitive an old word meaning to talk in a silly way for a long time about unimportant things … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prate — chatter, *chat, gab, patter, prattle, babble, gabble, jabber, gibber … New Dictionary of Synonyms
prate — ► VERB ▪ talk foolishly or at tedious length. ORIGIN from Dutch or Low German praten, probably imitative … English terms dictionary
prate — [prāt] vi. prated, prating [ME praten < MDu, prob. of echoic orig.] to talk much and foolishly; chatter vt. to tell idly; blab n. idle talk; chatter prater n. pratingly adv … English World dictionary
