strete
See also: stréte
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strete
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English strǣt, strēt, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Late Latin strāta (“paved road”). The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.
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strete (plural stretes or strete or (early) streten)
- A road or path connecting two destinations.
- A street; such a road or pathway within a settlement.
- c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)[1], folio 34, recto, lines 5-6; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
- Þou comeſt fer iþe bꝛode ſtret fer iþe bꝛode ſtrete. / ſumme of þin cuneſmen ther thou meiſt imete.
- You'll go far down the main street, far down the main street; / You might [even] meet some of your relatives there.
- A settlement; a conglomeration of habitations and shops.
- (figurative) A choice or way of living; a doctrine.
- (rare) A hallway or passage within a structure or building.
- (rare) A porch or veranda; a covered deck.
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- “strẹ̄t(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Latin strāta. Cognates include Old English strǣt, Old Saxon strāta and Old Dutch strāta.
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- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN