sprædan

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”). Cognate with Old High German spreiten, Old Saxon spreidan.

Pronunciation

Verb

sprǣdan

  1. to spread, expand; outspread, stretch forth

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprǣdan (weak class 1)
infinitive sprǣdan sprǣdenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular sprǣde sprǣdde
second person singular sprǣdest, sprǣtst sprǣddest
third person singular sprǣdeþ, sprǣtt, sprǣt sprǣdde
plural sprǣdaþ sprǣddon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular sprǣde sprǣdde
plural sprǣden sprǣdden
imperative
singular sprǣd
plural sprǣdaþ
participle present past
sprǣdende (ġe)sprǣded

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: spreden
    • English: spread
    • Scots: spreid
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