stricken

«stricken» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: struck — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

struck

part of speech

adjective, past participle of strike

meaning for a pupil

Affected or weighed down by age or grief; in "well stricken in age" it means far advanced in years. tree →

how it differs from today

Today "stricken" mostly appears in phrases like "grief-stricken" or "stricken ship." "Well stricken in age" is an old phrase meaning very old.

examples

• And Abraham was old, well stricken in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. (Torah GEN.24.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Seeing Pinocchio so grief-stricken, she asked him anxiously: (The Adventures of Pinocchio) tree →
• Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. — (Torah GEN.18.11, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

stricken

tests

manual 6; corpora 28 (Torah 2, tales 25, Sefer Yetzirah 1); EWT 1; ratio 1.1 (Torah alone 1.6); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And Abraham was old, well stricken in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
• NOW KING David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he could get no heat.
• On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stricken» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.