streon

Old English

Alternative forms

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”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stre͜oːn/

Noun

strēon n

  1. gain, acquisition, treasure
  2. begetting, generating
  3. power

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative strēon strēon
accusative strēon strēon
genitive strēones strēona
dative strēone strēonum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: strain

References

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