An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/verraten

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
verraten
Friedrich Kluge2507783An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — verraten1891John Francis Davis

verraten, vb., ‘to. betray, reveal,’ from the equiv. MidHG. verrâten, OHG. firrâtan; lit. ‘to lead astray by wrong advice.’ —