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Old English · noun

streon

Normalised strēon

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/stre͜oːn/
Syllables
stre͜oːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
straingeneratinggainacquisitionbegetting

Meaning

  1. gain, acquisition, treasure

  2. begetting, generating

  3. power

Declension

Declension of streon
SingularPlural
Nominative strēonstrēon
Accusative strēonstrēon
Genitive strēonesstrēona
Dative strēonestrēonum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *streuną (“heap, treasure, profit, gain”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, strew”) (cognate with Old Saxon gistriuni, Old High German gistriuni (“gain, property, wealth, business”), Latin strues (“heap”)).

Descendants

strain

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