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English
Verb
strooke
- Obsolete form of struck.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,
Noun
strooke (plural strookes)
- Obsolete form of stroke.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
strooke
- Alternative form of stroke
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Etymology
From Middle English stroke, from Old English strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik.
Pronunciation
Verb
strooke
- struck
1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 108:A vursth stroke hea strooke- The first stroke he struck
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