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transnare [CL], tranare, (trans., or intr. w. per) to swim or float through, across, or to the other side (of); b (applied to motion through air or sim.). c (transf.) to go or pass through or across. humidus in fundo, tranat qua piscis, aquoso / saepe caput ‥ mergo Aldh. Aen. 56 (Castor) 5; insanos fluctus turbidi aequoris periculoso navigio ~are B. V. Dunst. 23; ~are, transnatare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 592; nauta fretum tranans odiumque marinum M. Scot Proph. 149.  b superis tranavit ab astris Aldh. VirgV 1723; summa dum exiguis non trano per aethera pennis Aldh. Aen. 42 (Strutio) 3; 789 (11c) saeculi labentis tempora velocius vento aerem ~ant CS 256; Dedalus ‥ / ‥ vastum solita tranet vola L. Durh. Dial. II 8; vidit tria feretra perpulcra ‥ cuncta terrena ~antia per aeris inania versus Orientem iter sulcantia J. Furness Walth. 99.  c tranando jugiter Christi per saecla ministro Bonif. Aen. (Misericordia) 98; hinc vexatur acri per singula membra veterno, / nec quibat metas pedibus tranare cupitas. / fertur equo primum ‥ Frith. 1233; ad Noe prima dies ab Adam telluris alumno / continue tranat more fluentis aque Garl. Epith. III 444.

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