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strǽt

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
strǽt, e (but uninflected forms occur) ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §162; §298;
a road
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  • Læg án dríe strǽt þurh ða sǽ. And ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte,

      Ex. 14, 21-22.
  • Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3159 ; An. 1582.
  • Tó ðære ealdan strǽt ; ondlong ðære strǽt,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30.
  • On ða sealtstrǽt; andlang strǽt,

      82, 26.
  • Foldweg, cúþe strǽte,

      Beo. Th. 3272 ; B. 1634.
  • Ceastre and torras and stréta and brycge geworhte wǽron

    civitates, farus, pontes, et stratae factae,

      Bd. 1, 11 ; S. 480, 16.
a road in a town, a street, a paved road
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  • Strǽt wæs stánfáh . . . hié tó sele gangan cwómon,

      Beo. Th. 645 ; B. 320.
  • Ða stánas ðæs temples licggeaþ æt ǽlcre strǽte ende

    in capite omnium platearum,

      Past. 18, 3 ; Swt. 133, 12.
  • Loth sæt on ðære strǽt (

    in foribus civitatis) . . . Hig cwǽdon: ' Wé willaþ wunian on ðære strǽt (in platea ),

      Gen. 19, 1-2.
  • Be ðisse strǽte,

      Cd. Th. 147, 8 ; Gen. 2436.
  • Eode se apostol be ðære strǽt,

      Homl. Th. i. 60, 21 : ii. 120, 16.
  • Hé eode in burh, stóp on strǽte,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1969 ; An. 987.
  • Enta ǽrgeweorc innan burgum strǽte stánfáge, 2473 ; An. 1238.
  • Fenn strǽta

    lutum platearum,

      Ps. Spl. 17, 44.
  • On strǽta hyrnum,

      Mt. Kmbl. 6, 5.
  • On strǽton

    in plateis,

      Mk. Skt. 6, 56.
  • Hí synd stǽnene mid ðám ðe man strǽta wyrcþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 134.
  • Ðá arn se ceorl geond ealle ða strǽt,

      Homl. Th. ii. 302, 8.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. L. Ger. stráta : O. Frs. stréte : O. H. Ger. stráza. From Latin strata.]
Similar entries
v. cyne-, faroþ-, fird-, heáh-, here-, lagu-, mere-, port-, ranc-, sealt-, stán-strǽt.
Linked entries
v.  strét.
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  • strǽt, n.