streccan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan.

Verb

streċċan

1. to stretch, hold out, extend
2. to spread out
3. to prostrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of streċċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	streċċan	streċċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	streċċe	streahte, strehte
second person singular	streċest	streahtest, strehtest
third person singular	streċeþ	streahte, strehte
plural	streċċaþ	streahton, strehton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	streċċe	streahte, strehte
plural	streċċen	streahten, strehten
imperative
singular	streċe
plural	streċċaþ
participle	present	past
	streċċende	(ġe)streaht, (ġe)streht

Derived terms

• āstreċċan
• ġestreċċan

Descendants

• Middle English: streken, *strekken, strecchen; streiȝt, streght, streight
  • Scots: strek; straucht, straicht
  • English: stretch; streek, streak, strake (dialectal); straight
    • → Esperanto: streĉi

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “streċċan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.