stræt

Middle English

Noun

stræt

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of strete

---

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Latin strāta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stræːt/

Noun

strǣt f

1. road, street

   Þæt ċild oferfērde þā strǣte.

   The child crossed the street.

Declension

Declension of stræt (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	strǣt	strǣta, strǣte
accusative	strǣte	strǣta, strǣte
genitive	strǣte	strǣta
dative	strǣte	strǣtum

Descendants

• Middle English: strete, stræt, strate, street, streete, stret
  • English: street
  • Scots: street, streit, stret
  • → Breton: straed
  • → Cornish: stret
  • → Welsh: stryd
• → Old Irish: sráit
  • Irish: sráid
  • Manx: straid
  • Scottish Gaelic: sràid
• → Old Norse: stræti
  • Icelandic: stræti
  • Faroese: stræti
  • Norwegian: strede, strete
  • Danish: stræde
  • Old Swedish: strǣte, strāta
    • Swedish: sträte, stråt