Old English Dictionary Entry

Streccan

Related words: strecedness)

Definitions

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1 streccan

p. strehte, streahte; pp. streht, streaht, streced (To stretch. I. to hold out, extend :-- -Ðú strecst (extendes) ðíne handa, and óðer ðé gyrt, Jn. Skt. 21, 18. Strece ðǽrtó ðínne hiht, Homl. Th. i. 252, 7. II. to spread out; -- Ðæt folc strehton (straverunt) hyra reáf on ðone weg, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 8: Mk. Skt. 11, 8 : Lk. Skt. 19, 36. III. to . prostrate :-- He hine wæs on gebed streccende ætlíchoman ðæs Codes weres prosternens se ad corpus viri Dei pia intentione, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 29. [O. H. Ger. strecchen extendere, porrigere, prosternere.].

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚱᛖᚳᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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