stryken
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stryken
- to strike
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of stryken (strong class 1)
infinitive | (to) stryken, stryke | ||
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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 edit
References edit
- “strīken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.