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streng

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
streng, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §317; §387;
a string, cord, rope
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  • Ráp vel strenc

    funiculus, modicus funus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 67.

  • Strengas vel bendas

    lora

    ,136, 77.

  • Hé worhte swipan of strengon (

    de funiculis),

      Jn. Skt. 2, 15.
a string of a musical instrument
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  • Streng

    fidis.

      Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 54.

  • On saltere týn strenga

    (chordarum),

      Ps. Spl. 32, 2.

  • Strengum

    fidibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 22 : 148, 71 : Hpt. Gl. 520, 61.

  • Mid týn strengum getogen hearpe,

      Ps. Th. 143, 10.
a bow-string
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  • Boga

    arcus, bogen (-an?) streng anquina (ar- ? ),

      Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 26.

  • Strǽla storm strengum gebǽded,

      Beo. Th. 6226; B. 3117.
in a ship, part of the rigging; also a cable. v. ancer-streng and cf. Icel. strengr
in this sense
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  • Ðæt scyp úte on ðære sǽ byþ gesund, gyf se streng (v. ancer-streng, 1. 18) áþolaþ, for ðam hýs byþ se óðer ende fast on ðære eorðan and se óðer on ðam scype... Ðú scealt gefastnian ðone streng on Gode, ðæt ðæt scyp healdan sceal ðínes módes,

      Shrn. 175, 21-31.

  • Windas weóxon, strengas gurron,

      Andr. Kmbl. 748 ; An. 374.
a ligament, string (of the tongue)
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  • Wið ðam ðe se streng under ðare tunga tóswollen byþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 102, 2, 4, 5, 8.

  • Strengce

    nervo,

      Hpt. Gl. 405, 73.

  • Strenga

    nervorum,

      475, 13.
fig. a line, lineage (cf.
Icel. strengr, used of a narrow water-channel)
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  • Of ðam strenge com Noe and his wíf,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 28.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. strang funus, funiculus: Icel. strengr.]
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v. ancer-streng.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “streng.” 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/29147.

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  • streng, n.

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