sprædan

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspræː.dɑn/

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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