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.

Verb

sprǣdan

To spread, expand; outspread, stretch forth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprǣdan (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	sprǣdan	tō sprǣdenne
1st-person singular	sprǣde	sprǣdde
2nd-person singular	sprǣdest	sprǣddest
3rd-person singular	sprǣdeþ	sprǣdde
plural	sprǣdaþ	sprǣddon
subjunctive	present	past
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

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