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Old English · noun

stream

Normalised strēam

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/stræ͜ɑːm/
Syllables
stræ͜ɑːm (1 syllable)
Modern English
stream

Meaning

  1. stream

    Đa was on þā tīd Æðelbyrht cyning hāten on Centrīċe, ⁊ mihtiġ: hē hæfde rīċe ōð ġemæro Humbre strēames, sē tōsċēadeð sūðfolce Angelþēode ⁊ nordfolc.

    At that time the powerful Athelbert was king of the kingdom of Kent; his authority extended to the boundary of stream of the Humber, which divides the southern English from the northern English.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

  2. current

Declension

Declension of stream
SingularPlural
Nominative strēamstrēamas
Accusative strēamstrēamas
Genitive strēamesstrēama
Dative strēamestrēamum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *straum. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian strām, Old Saxon strōm, Old High German stroum, Old Norse straumr. Extra-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma), Polish strumień, Albanian rrymë (“flow, current”).

Descendants

stream

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