CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STRAVAIG
PRESENT
Present
I stravaig
you stravaig
he/she/it stravaigs
we stravaig
you stravaig
they stravaig
Present continuous
I am stravaiging
you are stravaiging
he/she/it is stravaiging
we are stravaiging
you are stravaiging
they are stravaiging
Present perfect
I have stravaiged
you have stravaiged
he/she/it has stravaiged
we have stravaiged
you have stravaiged
they have stravaiged
Present perfect continuous
I have been stravaiging
you have been stravaiging
he/she/it has been stravaiging
we have been stravaiging
you have been stravaiging
they have been stravaiging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I stravaiged
you stravaiged
he/she/it stravaiged
we stravaiged
you stravaiged
they stravaiged
Past continuous
I was stravaiging
you were stravaiging
he/she/it was stravaiging
we were stravaiging
you were stravaiging
they were stravaiging
Past perfect
I had stravaiged
you had stravaiged
he/she/it had stravaiged
we had stravaiged
you had stravaiged
they had stravaiged
Past perfect continuous
I had been stravaiging
you had been stravaiging
he/she/it had been stravaiging
we had been stravaiging
you had been stravaiging
they had been stravaiging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will stravaig
you will stravaig
he/she/it will stravaig
we will stravaig
you will stravaig
they will stravaig
Future continuous
I will be stravaiging
you will be stravaiging
he/she/it will be stravaiging
we will be stravaiging
you will be stravaiging
they will be stravaiging
Future perfect
I will have stravaiged
you will have stravaiged
he/she/it will have stravaiged
we will have stravaiged
you will have stravaiged
they will have stravaiged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been stravaiging
you will have been stravaiging
he/she/it will have been stravaiging
we will have been stravaiging
you will have been stravaiging
they will have been stravaiging
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would stravaig
you would stravaig
he/she/it would stravaig
we would stravaig
you would stravaig
they would stravaig
Conditional continuous
I would be stravaiging
you would be stravaiging
he/she/it would be stravaiging
we would be stravaiging
you would be stravaiging
they would be stravaiging
Conditional perfect
I would have stravaig
you would have stravaig
he/she/it would have stravaig
we would have stravaig
you would have stravaig
they would have stravaig
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been stravaiging
you would have been stravaiging
he/she/it would have been stravaiging
we would have been stravaiging
you would have been stravaiging
they would have been stravaiging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you stravaig
we let´s stravaig
you stravaig
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
stravaiged
Present Participle
stravaiging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAVAIG»
Discover the use of
stravaig in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stravaig and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Scots Grammar: Scots Grammar and Usage
Indicative. Present indicative of verb ti stravaig. A stravaig we/oo* stravaig thou
stravaigs ye stravaig he stravaigs they stravaig *form associated with south
Scotland. Present Participles The present participle is normally formed by adding.
2
Concise English-Scots Dictionary
2 (inclined, in mining) dook. on the road roadit NE. middle of the road croon o the
causey. roam see also gad about: stravaig, traik, reenge; (aimlessly) vaig, scurry-
vaig, taiver, scuddle, raik; (from place to place, like a dog on the hunt) scurry ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
3
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
Toystroll, to wander; to go about idly, S. _ -—Pith, that helps them to stravaig Owr
ilka cleugh an' ilka craig. Fergusson's Poems, ii. 106. “ To oaig, is in common use,
as well as stra_ oaig.” Gl. Compl. vo. Vagit, p. 379. Ital. stravag-are, from Lat.
4
Minstrelsy of the Scottish border: ballads, collected by sir ...
Like some wild staig,3* I aft stravaig,34 And scamper on the wave ; Quha with a
bit my mow can fit, May gar36 me be his slave. To him I'll wirk" baith morn and
mirk,38 Quhile he has wark to do ; Gin tent1 he tak I do nae shak His bridale.
... As is the leid," my name ye'll reid," But here I'm Kelpie call't. The strypes*3 and
burns, throw aw their turns, As weel's the waters wide, My laws obey, their spring-
heads frae, Doun till the salt sea tide. " Like some wild staig,'4 1 aft stravaig,'5 ...
6
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart..
Like some wild staig, 1 I aft stravaig, 2 And scamper on the wave : Quha with a bit
my mow can fit, May gar 3 me be his slave. To him I'll wirk 4 baith morn and mirk,
5 Quhile he has wark to do ; Gin tent 6 he tak I do nae shak His bridle frae my ...
Sir Walter Scott, John Gibson Lockhart, Joseph Mallord William Turner
7
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z ...
[L. stratus, acoverlet—sternĕre, stratum, to spread.] Straught, strawt, obsolete pa.t.
andpa.p.ofstretch. Straunge, strawnj. adj. (Spens.), same as Strange: foreign,
borrowed. Stravaig, stravāg′, v.i.(Scot.)towander aboutidly. —n.Stravaig′er.
8
The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots-English, English-Scots
2 a (street-) gutter. stravaig [stravaig] v 1 roam, wander aimlessly. 2 go up and
down (a place). n a roaming about, a stroll. strave see strive. straw v strew, scatter
, sprinkle. straw see strae. streamer n 1 streamers the aurora borealis, northern ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 2004
9
The Wordsworth Thesaurus: For Home, Office and Study
... saunter, snake, straggle, stravaig, stray, stroll, traipse, walk, wander, wind,
zigzag. n. divagation, excursion, hike, perambulation, peregrination, roaming,
roving, saunter, stroll, tour, traipse, trip, walk. rambling adj. circuitous, desultory,
diffuse, ...
Wordsworth, William, 1993
10
Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies
Luadh extravaguer na Francaise mar bhun do stravaig, ach ni le fanaiocht shiuil
adeirtear an focal Francaise; do ramhailli chainte a dean tar tagairt ann. An da
fhocal a fritheadh i mBearla 6 extravaguer na Francaise, is ar -av- a thiteas beim
...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAVAIG»
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stravaig is used in the context of the following news items.
Ayrshire's first ever memory walk will take place in Kilmarnock park
Alzheimer Scotland is asking you to stride, strut, saunter and stravaig this year to raise money for people living with dementia in Scotland. Memory Walk 2014 is ... «Scottish Daily Record, Sep 14»
To hear ourselves as others hear us
At the same time, no-one could deny that Scots has some great words — trauchle, bauchle, puggle, cloot, stravaig, stramash, crabbit, dunderheid and, yes, even ... «Herald Scotland, Sep 13»
BBC travel presenter backs bid to halt quarry expansion
It's a beautiful stravaig through Scotland's rich cultural history, and makes the perfect setting for a very special world heritage site. But all this is now threatened ... «Herald Scotland, May 13»
Tamdhu Distillery set to launch first malt since reopening
... drink and entertainment will be on offer including a hog roast, ice cream, Speyside Craft Brewery and live music from Scottish ceilidh band Stravaig and more. «Scotsman, Mar 13»
The king and I decree too much flesh is evil
In Belfast, Newcastle and parts of Ayrshire, young ladies stravaig about drunkenly, wearing hardly anything at all. And no one bats an eyelid. Admittedly, that's ... «Belfast Telegraph, Dec 12»
'Captain Calamity' rescued twice
A solo sailor dubbed 'Captain Calamity' by the MCA has been rescued for a second time. Yesterday the skipper of the 12m yacht Stravaig contacted Swansea ... «Yachting Monthly, Jun 10»
Hamish Henderson: A Biography, Volume Two. Poetry Becomes …
... having found himself a professional home too, installed in the newly established School of Scottish Studies, his 'hut' to stravaig out from, for the rest of his life. «Scottish Left Review, Jan 10»
