Geond-stredan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

geond-stredan

Substitute: geond-stregdan, -strédan; p. stregde, -strédde; pp. -stregd, -stréd To strew about, scatter about or over:--Ic geondstregde (-stréde, ) spargo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 172, 8. I. to strew something about or over:--Genipu swá swá axan hé geondstrǽt (spargit), Ps. L. 147, 16. Þæsma godcundre rihtwísnesse on his underþeóddera módum sý geondstregd (conspergatur), R. Ben. 10, 19. Ꝥ sǽd . . . gindstréd oððe onǽled, Lch. i. 252, 10: 264, 22. I a. to scatter, disperse:--On ðeódum þú gindstræcdest (dispersisti) ús, Ps. L. 43, 12. II. to strew an object with something, sprinkle over with water, &c.:--Ic giondstreide aspersi (cubile meum myrrha), Kent. Gl. 201. Gendstrédde condivit, salivit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 58. Mæssepreóst hig geondstregde (aspergat) mid háligwætere, Ll. Th. ii. 234, 22. Geondstréd mid swæcce þæs écan lífes, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 18. II a. to overspread:--Eorendel geondstrét heofon aurora spargit polum, Hy. S. 30, 2. geond-stredan

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