Strīman

Old English Dictionary Entry

Strīman

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ?] striman

Definitions

1 strīman

to resist, oppose :-- Strīmendi innixus, Txts. 71, 1132: ob-nixus, 81, 1404. [In some dialects, e. g. Northants, to strime= to stride. Could the verb have existed with the same double meaning as strīdan, q.

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ᛋᛏᚱᛁᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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