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Strength

O.E. strengþu "power, force, vigor, moral resistance," from P.Gmc. *strangitho (cf. O.H.G. strengida "strength"), in gradational relationship to the root of strong. Verb strengthen is recorded from c.1300.

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O.E. Old English, the English language as written and spoken c.450-c.1100.

P.Gmc. Proto-Germanic, hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English.

O.H.G. Old High German, the ancestor of the modern literary German language, spoken in the upland regions of Germany; German language as written and spoken from the earliest period to c.1100.

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