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stryken

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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stryken

  1. to strike

Conjugation

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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

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

Descendants

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

References

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