Ge-strícan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-strícan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-strícan
- pp. -stricen. I. to stroke, smooth with the hand :-- Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne winstran hand innewearde and lege tó þínum eáron the sign for a cushion is that with your forefinger you make as if you were smoothing a feather into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear, Tech. ii. 126, 7- II. to form with a stroke of a pen :-- Quincunx . . . beóð þus gehíwod. Triens . . . beóð þus mid feðere gestricene. Quadras. . . beóð þus ámearcod, Angl. viii. 334, ge-strican