straung

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English

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Adjective

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straung (comparative straunger, superlative straungest)

  1. Obsolete form of strange.

Middle English

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Adjective

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straung

  1. Alternative form of straunge

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Etymology

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From Middle English straunge, from Old English strang, strong, from Proto-West Germanic *strang.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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straung

  1. 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

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  • 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