Middle English Dictionary Entry
strǒut n.
Entry Info
| Forms | strǒut n. Also strut, strot(e & (?errors) stryt, stout. |
| Etymology | OE *strūt; cp. strūtian v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. astrout adv., sturte n.
1.
(a) Strife, contention; a fight; dispute, debate; ~ ne strife, strife and ~; (b) a proud or vain display of clothes; maken ~; (c) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.164].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1039 : Þe chaunpiouns..maden mikel strout Abouten þe alþerbeste but.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)247 : Hii brewen strut [*Lordyngis leue 319: strout] and stuntise there as sholde be pes.
- a1350 St.Alex.(1) (LdMisc 108)61/401 : Of him com neuere stout [?read: strout] ne strif, Ne wikke word ne dede.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3743 : Ȝyf þou yn any strut [vr. stryt], For Ire wundedyst a man, or hurt, [etc.].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3461 : O suilk a wer was neuer herd, Ne suilk a strijf..Þair strut [Frf: strife] it was vn-stern stith, Wit wrathli wrestes aiþer writh.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13343 : Þai serued him..Wit-vten strut [Frf: strote; Trin-C: boost], wit-vten strijf.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27617 : O pride bicums vnbuxumnes, Strif and strutt and frawardnes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28196 : Wit flitt, wit brixil, striue, and strut, Myn euen-cristen haue i hurt.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)353 : Stynst of þy strot and fyne to flyte.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)848 : Among vus commez non oþer [?read: nouþer] strot ne stryf.
b
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3347 : Hyt semeþ weyl to be Al here lyfe yn vanyte; But þey þenke þat make swyche strut, yn what robe, yn erþe, þey shul be put.
c
- (1190-1200) Cart.Oseney in OHS 90252 : Seman Strut.
- (1242-3) Bk.of Fees912 : Walterus Strut.
- (1254) in Wallenberg PNKent202 : Strutton'.
- (1258) in Wallenberg PNKent202 : Strotton'.
- (c1275) Hundred R.Tower 1463 : Robo. Strut.
- (1297) Visit.St.Paul in Camd.n.s.5524 : Ricardus Strut.
- (1313) in Wallenberg PNKent202 : De Strutton'.
- (1327) in Wallenberg PNKent202 : De Strottone.
- (1332) Nickname in SAU 63189 : Rob. Strot.
- (a1400) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)29 : Stroteberewe.
- (1471) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)29 : Strutburgh Hylle.