A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Store, _sb._ RG. 395, 396
---- _v. a._ part. 'ystored.' RG. 18
Storm, _sb._ Ps. xlix. 3
Story, _sb._ == tale. HD. 1641
Stot, _sb._ == horse. O. and N. 495. AS. stotte
Stound, _sb._ == a s.p.a.ce of time. RG. 388, 559. AS. stund
Stoup, _sb._ == cup. RG. 268. AS. stoppa
Stour, _adj._ == strong, great. Wright's L. P. p. 87; [stor]. Ps. x.x.xvii.
15. AS. stor
Stout, _adj._ 512 B. Dut. stout
Stoute, _v. a._ == disturb, annoy. Manuel d. Pecches, 2951. AS. strutian
Stover, _sb._ == provision, fodder. Alys. 1866. Fr. estouvier
Stow, _sb._ == a place. Wright's L. P. p. 98. AS. stow
Stowe, _sb._ == went, mounted. See Stie
Straile, _sb._ == a couch. Ps. xl. 4. AS. str?l
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. strnd
---- _v. a._ == beget. HD. 2983; fornicate. Ps. lxxii. 27. AS. strnan
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. stanka
---- _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 La?amon, 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. cx.x.xviii. 3
Strip, _v. a._ 2242 B. Pilate, 185
Strive, _v. n._ RG. 26; [struen]. Marg. 25. Fr. estriver. Swed. strafwa.
Germ. streben. ON. strita. AS. stri
Striving, _sb._ RG. 467
Stroke, _sb._ RG. 536, 401
Strong, _adj._ RG. 544, 546; comp. 'stronger.' RG. 266; sup. 'strongest.'
