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shrithing

shrithing is the present participle and gerund of shrithe.

Meaning of shrithe

Verb

shrithe (third-person singular simple present shrithes, present participle shrithing, simple past and past participle shrithed)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To move; to proceed; to creep, roam, wander.
    • He realized the monster meant to attack Heorot after the blue hour, when black night has settled over all— when shadowy shapes come shrithing dark beneath the clouds.1973, James Edwin Miller, England in Literature, →ISBN, page 14

Questions about shrithing

What is shrithing the present participle and gerund of?
Shrithing is the present participle and gerund of shrithe.

Words near shrithing in the dictionary

  1. shritches
  2. shritching
  3. shrithe
  4. shrithed
  5. shrithes
  6. shrithing
  7. shrivalties
  8. shrivalty
  9. shrivatsa
  10. shrive
  11. shrived

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shrithing (page history and authors); shrithe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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