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stregdan

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together] ; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. strédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon) : (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong) strogden : (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §146; §321; §502;
To strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle.
to strew something
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  • Se ðe ne somnigas streigdæs

    que non congregat, spargit.

      Mt. Kmbl. 12, 30.

  • Geswerc swé swé eascan strigdeþ

    (spargit),

      Ps. Surt. 147, 16.

  • Monige ðæt wæter on ádlige men strédaþ. Bd. 3,

      2; S. 524, 32.

  • Se wind se ðe ða bærnnisse in ða burg strægd

    ventus qui urbi incendia sparserat,

      2, 7; S. 509, 28.

  • Óðre ða telge strédun

    (sternebant)

    on ðone woeg.
      Mk. Skt. Rush. II. 8.

  • Ðú somnas ðér ðú ne strugdes (

    sparsisti) . . . Ic somnigo ðǽr ic ne strugde (strægde, Rush.: strédde, W. S. sparsi ),

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 24, 26.

  • Ðæt áttor on eallutn cyricum hé stregde

    (aspersit),

      Bd. I. 8 ; S. 479, 35.

  • Sió mængu strægdun hrægl heora on ðæm wege, sume telgran strægdun on ðæm wege,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 8.

  • Nim ðæs hornes acxan and stréd,

      Lchdm. i. 334, 17.

  • Stréd on hálig wæter

    sprinkle holy water on,

    iii.
      56, II, 18.

  • On ðæs feóndes feax flána stregdan,

      Salm. Kmbl. 262 ; Sal. 130.

  • Stregdende weter

    aspargens aquas,

      Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 9.
  • Wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes. Blickl. Homl. 133, 33.

  • Wæs him morþorbed stréd,

      Beo. Th. 4864; B. 2436.
to sprinkle a place with something
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  • Ðú strédest (ástregdest, MS. T.) mé mid hysopon

    asperges me hysopo,

      Ps. Spl. 50, 8.

  • Stréde man hit mid háligwætere

    aspergatur aqua benedicta,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 38; Th. ii. 216, 1.
intrans.
To scatter, disperse
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  • Steorran strédaþ of heofone, stormum ábeátne,

      Exon. Th. 58, 24; Cri. 940, Stregdaþ tóðas, Salm. Kmbl. 230; Sal. 114.

  • Hí tó scipon stréddon

    they dispersed to their ships,

      Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 3.
to lay in order (?)
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  • Streide struere (struerem?), strídae, streide

    struere,

      Txts. 99, 1910.
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-, geond-, on-, under-stregdan, -strédan.
Linked entries
v.  strédan strégan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stregdan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/29144.

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