stregdan

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Old English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *streþaną (to swirl, seethe), related to Middle High German stredan, Old High German stredan (to swirl), from Proto-Indo-European *srét-e-, related to Old Cornish stret (latex).[1] See also modern English strut.

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Verb[edit]

streġdan

  1. to strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012