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ge-strícan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-strícan, pp. ge-stricen.
to stroke, smooth with the hand
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  • Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne winstran hand innewearde and lege tó þínum eáron

    the sign for a cushion is that with your forefinger you make as if you were smoothing a feather into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear,

      Tech. ii. 126, 7-
to form with a stroke of a pen
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  • Quincunx . . . beóð þus gehíwod. Triens . . . beóð þus mid feðere gestricene. Quadras. . . beóð þus ámearcod,

      Angl. viii. 334, 41-44.
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