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streówen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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streówen, streón, strén, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§599;
a couch, bed
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  • In bed stréne mínre

    in lectum stratus mei,

      Ps. Surt. 131, 3.
  • Stréne míne

    stratum meum,

      6, 7: 40, 4: 62, 7.
  • Ðá héht hé him streówne gegearwian (bedd gewyrcian, MS. B.)

    jussit sibi stratum parari,

      Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 8.
a place where anything rests
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  • Hord sceal in streónum bídan . . . hwonne hine guman gedǽlen

    treasure shall remain in its places of rest. . . until men distribute it,

      Exon. Th. 337, 22; Gn. Ex. 68.
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v.  streón.
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