stríenan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: weak verb (1)

1. to acquire, gain, get; 2. 1) to generate, create; 2) to beget, sire, breed (also stréonan, strínan, strýnan, strénan)

Etymology

[Mod E STRENE obs, dial ← stréon “gain, acquisition, treasure; progeny, lineage, strain”; O Sax striunian “to decorate, embellish; to beautify”; OHG striunen “to acquire, receive” (Mod G streuen)]

Paradigm

4.2.1 (a)

(a) with a short root vowel

I class	infinitive	past tense singular
to plough	erian	erede
to perform, commit	fremman	fremede

(b) with a long root vowel

I class	infinitive	past tense singular
to feed	fédan	fédde
to keep, observe	cépan	cépte
to send	sendan	sende

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