strooke

English

Verb

strooke

1. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,

Anagrams

• Tookers, stooker

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Middle English

Noun

strooke

1. Alternative form of stroke