stryve
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strywe — stryve, strywe obs. forms of strife, strive … Useful english dictionary
while two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it — c 1386 CHAUCER Knight’s Tale 1. 1177 We stryve as dide the houndes for the boon... Ther cam a kyte, whil that they were so wrothe, And baar awey the boon betwixe hem bothe. 1534 MORE Dialogue of Comfort (1553) I Aiiiv Now strive there twain for… … Proverbs new dictionary
