Streng

m. I. a string, cord, rope :-- Ráp vel strenc funiculus, modicus funus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 67. Strengas vel bendas lora,136, 77. Hé worhte swipan of strengon (de funiculis), Jn. Skt. 2, 15. (l) a string of a musical instrument:-- Streng fidis. Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 54. On saltere týn strenga (chordarum), Ps. Spl. 32, 2. Strengum fidibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 22 : 148, 71 : Hpt. Gl. 520, 61. Mid týn strengum getogen hearpe, Ps. Th. 143, 10. (2) a bow-string :-- Boga arcus, bogen (-an?) streng anquina (ar- ?), Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 26. Strǽla storm strengum gebǽded, Beo. Th. 6226; B. 3117. (3) in a ship, part of the rigging; also a cable. and cf. Icel. strengr in this sense :-- Ðæt scyp úte on ðære sǽ byþ gesund, gyf se streng (a ligament, string (of the tongue) :-- Wið ðam ðe se streng under ðare tunga tóswollen byþ, Lchdm. iii. 102, 2, 4, 5, 8. Strengce nervo, Hpt. Gl. 405, 73. Strenga nervorum, 475, 13. II. fig. a line, lineage (cf. Icel. strengr, used of a narrow water-channel) :-- Of ðam strenge com Noe and his wíf, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 28. [O. H. Ger. strang funus, funiculus: Icel. strengr.]