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shrithe

shrithe

English

Verb

shrithe (third-person singular simple present shrithes, present participle shrithing, simple past shrothe or shrithed, past participle shrithen or shrithed)

  1. (intransitive) To go about; move; proceed; make one's way (toward); roam; wander; creep.
    • 1993, Betty Bonham Lies, The Poet's Pen: Writing Poetry with Middle and High School Students:
      I shrithed to the Heorot to get human yummies To tickle our palates and fill up our tummies.
    • 1999, Rixhard W. Barber, Myths and Legends of the British Isles:
      Then, fiery and twisted, the dragon swiftly shrithed towards its fare.
    • 1999, Heather O'Donoghue, Beowulf:
      […] he prowled the misty moors at the dead of night; men do not know where such ****-whisperers shrithe in their wanderings.
    • 2014, Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Hidden Roads: A Memoir of Childhood:
      I creep, I shrithe on my devil's claws, and sting whatever I touch.