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Wright's OE grammar
§490;
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where the hand, finger, &c. , is passed over or along a surface
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  • Sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoðan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þínum twám hypum,

      Tech. ii. 119, 22.
  • Stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, 25: 126, 22.

  • Strýc þú of ufwerdum heáfde mid þínum twám scytefingran nyþerweard forð for þíne earmas andlang þínra hleóra,

      119, 16.

  • Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð,

      126, 9.

  • Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú stréce onbútan heófod (run your hand round your head), and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, 128, 25. I a. strícan of

    to rub of

    :-- Twængc þínne scytefinger mid þínum twám fingrum swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle,
      Tech. ii. 125, 20.
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  • Ic ofsleá and lifian ic dó, ic stríce and hǽle

    ego occidam et uiuere faciam, percutiam et ego sanabo,

      Ps. Rdr. 291, 39.
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v. ymb-strícan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “strícan.” 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/58648.

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