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sníþstréaw — n ( es/ ) carline thistle?, chopped straw? … Old to modern English dictionary
Straw — This interesting name has two possible origins. The first being occupational for one dealing in straw, deriving from the Olde English streaw . The name may also have been a nickname given to someone with straw coloured hair or to a particularly… … Surnames reference
strawberry — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strēawberige, from strēaw straw + berige berry; perhaps from the appearance of the achenes on the surface Date: before 12th century 1. the juicy edible usually red fruit of … New Collegiate Dictionary
windlestraw — noun Etymology: Middle English *windelstraw, from Old English windelstrēaw, from windel (akin to Middle English windel caulking material) + strēaw straw Date: before 12th century British a dry thin stalk of grass … New Collegiate Dictionary
straw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strēaw; akin to Old High German strō straw, Old English strewian to strew Date: before 12th century 1. a. stalks of grain after threshing; broadly dry stalky plant residue used like grain straw… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Streu, die — Die Streu, plur. die en, von dem Zeitworte streuen. 1. Dasjenige, was dem Viehe zum Lager untergestreuet wird, und dazu bestimmt ist, so daß es Stroh, Moos, Laub und Tangeln unter sich begreift, so fern sie diesem Gebrauche gewidmet sind, in… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
ster- — I. ster 1 Stiff. Derivatives include stare, starch, stork, starve, and torpedo. I. O grade form *stor . 1. Suffixed form *stor ē . stare, from … Universalium
straw — strawless, adj. strawlike, adj. /straw/, n. 1. a single stalk or stem, esp. of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley. 2. a mass of such stalks, esp. after drying and threshing, used as fodder. 3. material, fibers, etc.,… … Universalium
Strawbridge — This very unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is habitational from some minor unrecorded, or lost place believed to have been situated in the midland region, due to the prevalence of church recordings of the surname in this area. An… … Surnames reference
Stroulger — There are two possible sources for this interesting surname, although curiously there is a possible connection. The 1285 A.D. Oseney Rolls of Oxfordshire, in the reign of Edward 1 of England, refers to one Thomas le Strumonger, a name which… … Surnames reference
