Old English Dictionary Entry

A-striénan

Part of speech: -strýnan; Related words: a. To engender, procreate, beget

Definitions

1 definitions

1 a-striénan

p. -strýnde; gignere :-- Hie ðá ongunnon bearn astriénan they began then to beget children, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 19; Gen. 966. He bearn astrýnde he begat children, 57; Th. 70, 5; Gen. 1148.

Similar Words

-a
-an
-andwlatod
-anne
a

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᛏᚱᛁᛖᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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