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Old English · verb

tredan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class V
IPA
/ˈtre.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈtre · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
treadtrample

Meaning

  1. to tread

    "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19

    And now I gave you power to tread over adders and snakes and over each fiends' force. And no thing harms you.

  2. to step on, trample

Conjugation

Conjugation of tredan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tredetræd
2nd singular tritsttrǣde
3rd singular tritttrittræd
Plural tredaþtrǣdon
Subjunctive
Singular tredetrǣde
Plural tredentrǣden
Non-finite forms of tredan
Form
Infinitive tredan
Inflected infinitive tredenne
Imperative singular tred
Imperative plural tredaþ
Present participle tredende
Past participle tredenġetreden

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Descendants

tread

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