stryken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• strike, strikke, stricke, streken

Etymology

From Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstriːkən/

Verb

stryken

1. to strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of stryken (strong class 1)

infinitive	(to) stryken, stryke
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	stryke	strok
2nd-person singular	strykest	stryke, stroke, strok
3rd-person singular	stryketh	strok
subjunctive singular	stryke	stryke1, stroke1
imperative singular		—
plural2	stryken, stryke	stryken, stryke, stroken, stroke
imperative plural	stryketh, stryke	—
participles	strykynge, strykende	stryken, stryke, ystryken, ystryke

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: strike
• Yola: strooke, strucke, struck (preterite)

References

• “strīken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.