Strǣt is ȝecynd ȝrēates pæðes on þǣm ƿæȝnas cunnon faran. Hīe dōþ hit ēaðre tō farenne þurh land and byriȝ, and sind sƿīðe hefiȝa on folclīcre oferferunȝe. Oft sind hīe of līme oþþe tiȝlum oþþe grēote ȝeƿorht.
Þæs ƿordes fruma is þæt Lǣdne ƿord strata (þe mǣneþ "stānstrǣt").