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

Germ. streubel, strobel, id.

STROWD, s. A senseless silly song, S. B.

To STRULE, v. n.
1. To urine, S.
2. To pour water from one vessel to another, to emit any liquid in a stream, S. streel. Fife.

Fris. struyl-en, strull-en, streyl-en, reddere urinam, mejere.

STRUM, s. A pettish humour, S. B.

Strum, adj. Pettish, sullen, S. B.

From, strow, q. v. or Isl. strembinn, difficilis, superbus.

Strummal, Strummil, adj. Stumbling, S. stumral.
Dunbar.

Teut. striemel-en, cespitare, nutare gressu.

Strummel, Strumbell, s. A person so feeble that he cannot walk without stumbling.
Dunbar.