striddle

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English

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Etymology

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Frequentative of Middle English striden (whence modern English stride), from Old English strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Equivalent to stride +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

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striddle (third-person singular simple present striddles, present participle striddling, simple past and past participle striddled)

  1. (dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To straddle. [from mid-15th c.]

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