sprædan

Old English

Etymology

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

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

• ofersprǣdan

Descendants

• Middle English: spreden
  • English: spread
  • Scots: spreid