Strain, _v. a._ == tighten, stretch; part. ‘istrained.’ 1479 B. Strait, _adj._ 260 B. Straitly, _adj._ == rigorously. RG. 373 Strand, _sb._ (of the sea). K. Horn, 39 Strange, _adj._ HD. 640 Strangeman, _sb._ RG. 254 Strangle, _v. a._ HD. 510 Straple, _sb._ == strap. 1479 B. AS. strapol Straw, _sb._ [stro]. Pol. S. 152; [strie]. HD. 998. AS. streow Stream, _sb._ HD. 2687 Stream, _v. n._ == flow. Ps. lxi. 11 Street, _sb._ RG. 7 Strench, _sb._ == strain, stretch. Rel. S. i. 14. AS. strec Strene, _sb._ == progeny. Alys. 511; [strende]. Ps. ix. 27. AS. strýnd ---- _v. a._ == beget. HD. 2983; fornicate. Ps. lxxii. 27. AS. strýnan Strength, _sb._ RG. 377, 490; [strenge]. RG. 302 ---- == violence. Pilate, 101 ---- _v. a._ == strengthen. Ps. lxviii. 5 Strenkil, _v. a._ == sprinkle. Ps. 1. 9. Cf. Swed. stänka ---- _sb._ == hyssop. Ps. 1. 9 Streon, _sb._ == the knot in the yolk of an egg, the point where generation commences. Fr. Sci. 6. AS. streon Stride, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 111 ---- _sb._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 32 Strie. See Straw Strife, _sb._ RG. 408, 567 Strike, _v. n._ == go on, flow. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. strican. See Laȝamon, i. 171, 397, and the Legend of St Katherine (Abbotsford Club), vv. 2514, 733, for exx. of this sense in Semi-Saxon ---- _v. a._ == strike sail. K. Horn, 1043 String, _v. a._ == pierce. Cf. our phrase, ‘string papers together,’ i. e. pierce them, and then unite them by a string. Body and Soul, 207. Another form of ‘sting’ ---- _sb._ RG. 456; == rope. Ps. civ. 11. AS. streng ---- == direction of going? Ps. cxxxviii. 3 Strip, _v. a._ 2242 B. Pilate, 185 Strive, _v. n._ RG. 26; [struen]. Marg. 25. Fr. estriver. Swed. sträfwa. Germ. streben. ON. strita. AS. stríð Striving, _sb._ RG. 467 Stroke, _sb._ RG. 536, 401 Strong, _adj._ RG. 544, 546; comp. ‘stronger.’ RG. 266; sup. ‘strongest.’ RG. 111 ---- == violent. RG. 84 Strongly, _adv._ HD. 135 Strout, _sb._ == contention. HD. 1039. AS. strúdan ---- _v. n._ == make a disturbance. HD. 1779 Stroy, _v. a._ [struye] == destroy. Marg. 52 Struen. See Strive Strumpet, _sb._ Pol. S. 153. Span. estrupar. Lat. stuprum. The ‘m’ is inserted, as in ‘pamphlet,’ from Span. ‘papelete’ Strut, _sb._ == display, show. Manuel d. Pecches, 3350 Stubble, _sb._ [stubbe]. O. and N. 506. ON. stubbr Stud, _sb._ == of horses, &c.; [stode]. Cok. 35. O. and N. 495. AS. stód Stude, _sb._ == place. RG. 383, 473 Study, _sb._ 1199 B. Stumble, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211 Stump, _v. n._ == stumble. O. and N. 1392. Swed. stapla Stunt. See Stint Sturbing, _sb._ == disturbance. Marg. 48 Sturdy, _adj._ RG. 387. ON. styrdr Sturgeon, _sb._ HD. 753. Fr. estourgeon. ON. starri. Swed. stör Stuten, == started? HD. 599 Subprior, _sb._ [sousprior]. RG. 494 Subtle, _adj._ == bad. Wright’s L. P. p. 23 ---- _v. a._ == make bad. Ibid. p. 23 Succour, _sb._ RG. 568 ---- _v. a._ RG. 399
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