A-streccan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Sächsisches Altenglisches Wörterbuch - a-streccan
Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:
; ic -strecce, ðú -strecest, he -strecþ ;
- a-streccan
- p. -streahte, -strehte ; impert. -strece ; pp. -streaht, -streht; or lay low, to prostrate oneself, bow down; extendere, expandere, prosternere, se prosternere, adorare :-- Ðe leas he astrecce his hand ne forte mittat manum suam, Gen. 3, 22 : 22, 12. He neowol astreaht feól on ða flóre he fell stretched prostrate on the floor, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 159; Met. 1, 80. Ðá feóll Abram astreht to eorþan cecidit Abram pronus in faciem, Gen. 17, 3. Astrehte hine to eorþan adoravit in terram, Gen. 18, 2 : Mt. Bos. 18, 26, 29: Mk. Bos. 3, 11. a-streccan