Streáw

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - streáw

According to the Old English Dictionary:

streów, stréu, stréw, es;

streáw
n. Straw, hay :-- Gærs oððe streów foenum, Ælfc. Gr. 4; Zup. 8, 3. Stréw, streów, streáw, 13 ; Zup. 83, 17. Stréwu, eglan fistucam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 69: 72, 25. Ðæt stréu (stré (printed sore, but cf. lytles strées festucae, Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 4), Lind. ), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 4, 5. Sume hí cuwon heora gescý, sume streáw, Homl. Th. i. 404, 6. Bærne streúw, Lchdm. iii. 114, 7. [Þe cwene þet mid one strea brouhte o brune alle hire houses, A. R. 296, 12. Havel. stra : Chauc. stre, stree : Piers P. strawe : O. Frs. stré : O. L. Ger. stró ; gen. strós: O. H. Ger. stró, strao: Icel. strá.]

Related words: sníð-, windel-streáw (-streów). streaw

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