stream – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of stream

Noun: stream
Gender:

Nominative

Singularstrēam
Pluralstrēamas

Genitive

Singularstrēames
Pluralstrēama

Dative

Singularstrēame
Pluralstrēamum

Accusative

Singularstrēam
Pluralstrēamas

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  • Đa was on þā tīd Æðelbyrht cyning hāten on Centrīċe, ⁊ mihtiġ: hē hæfde rīċe ōð ġemæro Humbre strēames, sē tōsċēadeð sūðfolce Angelþēode ⁊ nordfolc. (At that time the powerful Athelbert was king of the kingdom of Kent; his authority extended to the boundary of stream of the Humber, which divides the southern English from the northern English.)

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *straum.
2. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian strām, Old Saxon strōm, Old High German stroum, Old Norse straumr. Extra-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma), Polish strumień, Albanian rrymë (“flow, current”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'straumr', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ῥεῦμα', Polish Nouns 'strumień'.

Verbs referencing "stream"

Ancient Greek Nouns ῥεῦμα.

Translations