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trants | crants |

As a verb trants

is third-person singular of trant.

As a noun crants is

a garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.

trants

English

Verb

(head)
  • (trant)

    • trant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tranten, from or cognate with (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To walk; go about.
  • To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
  • To turn; play a trick.
    • Derived terms
    * tranter

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) trant, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A turn; trick; stratagem.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) ----

    crants

    English

    Noun

    (crantses)
  • (obsolete) A garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.
  • * 1623', '', Act V, Scene 1, '''1829 , George Steevens (editor), ''The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare , Volume 2, page 443,
    • Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants , / Her maiden strewments, and the bringing home / Of bell and burial.
  • * 1888 , The Academy , Volume 34, page 134,
    • Dr. Furnivall has lately seen in the aisle of Ashford Church, near Bakewell, in Derbyshire, five of the "virgin crantses ," or "maidens' garlands," which the priests allowed Ophelia's corpse — with other rites — by "great command."
  • * 1888 August 29, unknown author, quoted in 1983, William Benzie, Dr. F. J. Furnivall: Victorian scholar adventurer , page 181,
    • In the Derby Mercury for August 29, 1888, a correspondent writes, "Henceforth, Ashford Church with its paper garlands or crantses should be visited by all Shakespeare students far and near."
  • * 1966 , Roy Christian, The Country Life Book of Old English Customs , page 56,
    • In the parish church at Matlock six exceptionally well-preserved garlands, known locally as crantses , hang in a glass-fronted cupboard in the south-west porch.