stregdan

Old English

Alternative forms

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”).[1] See also modern English strut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrej.dɑn/

Verb

streġdan

  1. to strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle

Conjugation

Conjugation of streġdan (strong, class III)
infinitive streġdan streġdenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular streġde stræġd, strǣd
second person singular streġdest strugde
third person singular streġdeþ stræġd, strǣd
plural streġdaþ strugdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular streġde strugde
plural streġden strugden
imperative
singular streġd
plural streġdaþ
participle present past
streġdende (ġe)strogden

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012
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