strang
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]strang (comparative stranger, superlative strangest)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of strong.
Verb
[edit]strang
- (colloquial) simple past of string
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]strang
- alternative form of straunge
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]strang
- (Northern) alternative form of strong
Etymology 3
[edit]Adverb
[edit]strang
- (Early Scots, West Riding) alternative form of stronge
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *strang.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]strang (comparative strengra, superlative strenġest)
- strong
- 10th century, The Seafarer:
- Stīeran mon sċeal strongum mōde, ond þæt on staþelum healdan, ond ġewis werum, wīsum clǣne.
- A man shall withhold with a strong mind, and hold that on groundworks, and be unswerving in the men, be clean in ways.
Declension
[edit]Declension of strang — Strong
Declension of strang — Weak
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Scots
[edit]Adjective
[edit]strang (comparative stranger, superlative strangest)
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