shrithe

Meaning

To move; to proceed; to creep, roam, wander.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɹaɪð/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: schrijden

Cognate with German: schreiten

Cognate with Icelandic: skríða

In summary

Coined by English writer and translator Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941): a semi-learned borrowing from Old English sċrīþan (“to go; take one's way to a place; go about; wander”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną (“to walk, go, slither, crawl”). Cognate with Dutch schrijden (“to stride”), German schreiten (“to stride, step, proceed”), Icelandic skríða (“to slither, creep, crawl”).