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streccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
streccan, p. strehte, streahte; pp. streht, streaht, streced (v. strecedness)
Wright's OE grammar
§311; §534;
To stretch. I. to hold out, extend
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  • -Ðú strecst

    (extendes)

    ðíne handa, and óðer ðé gyrt,
      Jn. Skt. 21, 18.
  • Strece ðǽrtó ðínne hiht,

      Homl. Th. i. 252, 7.
to spread out; — Ðæt folc strehton (straverunt) hyra reáf on ðone weg, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 8: Mk. Skt. 11, 8 : Lk. Skt. 19, 36.
III. to . prostrate
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  • He hine wæs on gebed streccende æt líchoman ðæs Codes weres

    prosternens se ad corpus viri Dei pia intentione,

      Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 29.
  • [O. H. Ger. strecchen extendere, porrigere, prosternere.].
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v. á-, ge-streccan.
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v.  ge-streccan.
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