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Old English · verb

stregdan

Normalised streġdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈstrej.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈstrej · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
sprinklestrewscatter

Meaning

  1. to strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle

Conjugation

Conjugation of stregdan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular streġdestræġdstrǣd
2nd singular streġdeststrugde
3rd singular streġdeþstræġdstrǣd
Plural streġdaþstrugdon
Subjunctive
Singular streġdestrugde
Plural streġdenstrugden
Non-finite forms of stregdan
Form
Infinitive streġdan
Inflected infinitive streġdenne
Imperative singular streġd
Imperative plural streġdaþ
Present participle streġdende
Past participle strogdenġestrogden

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *streþaną (“to swirl, seethe”), related to Middle High German streden, Old High German stredan (“to swirl”), from Proto-Indo-European *srét-e-, related to Old Cornish stret (“latex”). See also modern English strut.

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