strayen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• straye

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French estraier.

Verb

strayen

1. to stray

Conjugation

Conjugation of strayen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) strayen, straye
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	straye	strayed
2nd-person singular	strayest	strayedest
3rd-person singular	strayeth	strayed
subjunctive singular	straye
imperative singular		—
plural1	strayen, straye	strayeden, strayede
imperative plural	strayeth, straye	—
participles	strayynge, strayende	strayed, ystrayed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: stray
• Yola: straayd, sthraught (preterite)

References

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