streen

Scots

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [strin]

Noun

streen (uncountable)

  1. constraint, bondage

Verb

streen (third-person singular present streens, present participle streenin, past streent, past participle streent)

  1. to strain, squeeze, extort money or confessions, etc.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse striðna.

Verb

streen (preterite strennt)

  1. (neuter verb) sprinkle
    Vattnä streen bothi sprutkanna.
    The water sprinkles out of the sprinkling can.
    Mjölka streen genom siln.
    The milk sprinkles through the sile.
  2. (active verb) milk
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