An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Sw. streke, main current of a river.

To STRIDDLE, v. n. To straddle, S.

Dan. strett-a, pedibus divaricare.

STRIDE-LEGS, adv. Astride, S.
J. Nicol.

STRIDELINGIS, adv. Astride.
Lyndsay.

To STRYK a battle, or field; to fight.
Wyntown.

STRYND, STREIND, s.
1. Kindred, race.
Wyntown.

E. strain, id., A. S. strynd, stirps, genus; strin-an, gignere.

2. A particular cast or disposition of any person, who in this respect is said to resemble another, generally used as to those related by blood, S.
Rudd.

Strynd, s. A spring; shallow run of water; synon. [strype].
Douglas.