stryken

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstriːkən/

Verb

stryken

  1. to strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of stryken (strong class 1)
infinitive (to) stryken, stryke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular stryke strok
2nd-person singular strykest stryke1, stroke1
3rd-person singular stryketh strok
subjunctive singular stryke stryke2, stroke2
imperative singular —
plural3 stryken, stryke stryken, stryke, stroken, stroke
imperative plural stryketh, stryke —
participles strykynge, strykende stryken, stryke, ystryken, ystryke

1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or strokest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

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

References

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