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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stricken/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stricken/#x1)
- Seeing Pinocchio so grief-stricken, she asked him anxiously: (The Adventures of Pinocchio) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stricken/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stricken/#x3)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.621/)
- [NOW KING David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he could get no heat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.0/)
- [On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stricken» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stricken/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.