A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Strand], sb. stream, torrent, S2, S3, H; stronde, W2; strynd, JD.

[ Strande], sb. bank, shore, WA.

[ Strang], adj. strong, S; see [Stronge].

[ Strangelyn], v. to suffocate, Prompt.; estrangle, NED; astrangle, NED, MD; astrangeled, pp., S2.—AF. estrangler; Lat. strangulare, of Gr. origin; cp. στραγγάλη, halter.

[ Strapeles], sb. pl. fastenings of breeches, S; strapuls, Voc.; strapils, Cath.—AS. strapulas (Voc.).

[ Strate], sb. way, street, S; see [Strete].

[ Stratly], adv. closely, S2; see [Streyt].

[ Straunge], adj. strange, foreign, C, Prompt.; strange, C.—AF. estrange; Lat. extraneum.

[ Straunge], v. to become strange; strangeþ, pr. s., S2; straungid, pp., HD.

[ Strawe], sb. straw, Prompt.; stra, S, Cath.; stree, C, Prompt. Comb.: strauberi, strawberry, SD; strabery, Cath.; strawbery-wyse, strawberry plant, Prompt.; straberi-wythe, Cath.—AS. stréaw, stréa; cp. Icel. strá, see Sievers, 250.