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Old English · verb

sprædan

Normalised sprǣdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈspræː.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈspræː · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
spreadexpandoutspread

Meaning

  1. to spread, expand; outspread, stretch forth

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprædan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sprǣdesprǣdde
2nd singular sprǣdestsprǣtstsprǣddest
3rd singular sprǣdeþsprǣttsprǣtsprǣdde
Plural sprǣdaþsprǣddon
Subjunctive
Singular sprǣdesprǣdde
Plural sprǣdensprǣdden
Non-finite forms of sprædan
Form
Infinitive sprǣdan
Inflected infinitive sprǣdenne
Imperative singular sprǣd
Imperative plural sprǣdaþ
Present participle sprǣdende
Past participle sprǣdedġesprǣded

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spraidijan, from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”). Cognate with Old Saxon spreidan, Old High German spreiten.

Descendants

spread

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