streit

See also: Streit

Middle English

Alternative forms

• strayte, strete, stryte, stratte, strate
• streighte, streihte, straight

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French estreit (modern form étroit), from Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō (“compress, tighten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stræi̯t/, /stræi̯xt/

Adjective

streit

1. strait

Descendants

• English: strait, streit (obsolete), streight (obsolete)
• Yola: streigkt, streyght

References

• “streit, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠trei̯t/

Verb

streit

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of strīten

Old High German

Verb

streit

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of strītan