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streónan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
streónan, (but more often with umlaut) striénan, strénan, strínan, strýnan; p. de (
with gen. acc.).
to gain, acquire
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to beget, generate, create
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Etymology
[On hir he seal streonen (streni, 2nd MS.) þat scal wide sturien, he scal streonien (streoni, 2nd MS.) hire on ænne swiðe sellichne mon, Laym. 18844. Sikernesse streoneð ȝemeleaste, A. R. 234, 3. All þatt streonedd wass þurrh Adam, Orm. 33. Behinden he (elephants) hem sampnen ðanne he sulen oðre strenen, O. E. Misc. 19, 609. Strenen fornicantur, Ps. 72, 27. See also Halliwell's Dict. strain, strene. O.H. Ger. striunen lucrari.]
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v. ge-streónan.
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v.  striénan strínan strýnan a-striénan.
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