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English
Adjective
straung (comparative straunger, superlative straungest)
- Obsolete form of strange.
1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, , London: Richard Field, →OCLC, page 852:Agis agayne aunſwered him: that he maruelled not that Leonidas beeing brought vp in a ſtraung contry, and alſo maryed there in a noble mans houſe, he ſhould be ignorant of Lycurgus lawes, who baniſhing gold and ſiluer out of his citie, did therewithall exile dette and lending.
Middle English
Adjective
straung
- Alternative form of straunge
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Etymology
From Middle English straunge, from Old English strang, strong, from Proto-West Germanic *strang.
Pronunciation
Adjective
straung
- strong
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:"steoute and straung,"- stout and strong;
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 70