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streon

Pronunciation: /stre͜oːn/

“streon” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. gain, acquisition, treasure
  2. begetting, generating
  3. power

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *streuną (“heap, treasure, profit, gain”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, strew”) (cognate with Old Saxon gistriuni, Old High German gistriuni (“gain, property, wealth, business”), Latin strues (“heap”)).

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