striddle
English
verb
Definitions
- (dialectal) To straddle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English striden inherited from Old English strīdan (get by force, stride, pillage, rob) inherited from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną (endeavour, stand tall, withstand, take long steps) suffix from English stride.
Origin
English
stride
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astride English
- bestride English
- interstride English
- midstride English
- outstride English
- overstride English
- stride English
- strided English
- strider English
- stridest English
- strideth English
- striding English
- umstrid English
- *strīdandz Proto-Germanic
- *strīdaną Proto-Germanic
- bestridan Old English
- stridan Old English
- strīdan Old English
- striden Middle English
- stríða Old Norse
- strītan Old High German
- strīdan Old Dutch
- stridan Old Saxon
- strīdan Old Saxon
- *strīban, *striban Frankish
- stridj North Frisian