▪ I. † strind1 Obs. In later use only Sc.
Forms: 1 (ᵹi)str{yacu}nd, 3 strund, strend, 5–6 strynd(e, 3–6 strind, 7, 9 strine, 9 stryne, streind. See also strand n.3
[OE. (Anglian) str{yacu}nd fem., also ᵹestréond, ᵹistr{yacu}nd, f. (ᵹe)str{iacu}enan to produce, beget: see strene v. Cf. strain n.1]
1. Generation, descent, lineage; a race, breed, stock; offspring, progeny; = strain n.1 4–7.
| c 900 Bæda's Hist. v. vii. (1890) 406 Se wæs eac of ðære cynelican strynde [L. de stirpe regia]. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xix. 28 Sittes ᵹie ofer seatla tuelf doemende twoelf strynda israeles. c 1000 Rit. Dunelm. (Surtees) 29 Progeniem, soð ᵹistrynd. c 1205 Lay. 2736 Swiðe riche cnihten of Troinisce cunne þa weoren in Lumbardie of heore strund. a 1225 Juliana 55 Wel bi semeð þe..to beo streon of a swuch strunde. a 1300 E.E. Psalter ix. 27 [x. 6] Fra strend in strende [L. a generatione in generationem]. c 1425 Wyntoun Orig. Cron. i. vii. 332 In Egipt.. Giandis grew, and of þat strynd Come Anachyn. 1513 Douglas æneis vi. x. 47 Heir was the noble kyn and ancyant strynd, The maist dochty lynage sprang be kynd Fra king Teucer. 1570 Sat. Poems Reform. xxiv. 13 Degenerat Stewartis of ane Hieland strynde. 1603 Proph. of Merlin (Bannatyne Club) 12 That commed are of strodlings strynd. |
2. An inherited quality or disposition; individual nature or character; = strain n.1 8.
| 1508 Dunbar Flyting 55 Thy trechour tung hes tane ane heland strynd. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. viii. 129 Ne war that of the blude of this ilk land Admixit standis he, taikand sum strynd, Apone his moderis syd, of Sabyn kynd. a 1568 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iii. 5 For, knew ȝe wemenis natur, course, and strynd, Ȝe wald nocht be so trew to thair vn⁓trewth. 1710 Ruddiman Gloss. Douglas' æneis s.v., The word strynd or strain is Metaphorically used for the resemblance of the features of the body, or of the dispositions of the mind. As we say, He has a strynd or strain of his Grand-Father, i.e. resembles him. [Jam. 1808 adds: It is also said, He takes a streind of such an one.] a 1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leis. Hours (1809) 95 And do't he will, I ken his stryne, As far 's he can. |
3. (In form strine.) = strain n.1 3.
| a 1667 Skinner Etymol., A cocks Stride, vel, ut melius in agro Linc. efferunt, a cocks Strine, Aristot. χάλαζαι seu Grandines. 1886 S.W. Linc. Gloss., Strine. |
▪ II. † strind2 Obs.
Forms: 3 strunde, 4–5 strynde, 5 strind, (9 dial. strine). See also strand n.2
[Early ME. stründe.
The word has the appearance of a ppl. derivative from the root of stream n.; but it is found in no other Teut. lang.]
A stream, rivulet.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 188 Þe blodi streames [v.rr. strundes, strunden] urnen adun. a 1240 Ureisum in O.E. Hom. I. 187 Þe strunden þe striken adun of þine deorwurþe fet. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 311 Þy stryuande stremez of stryndes so mony. c 1400 Sc. Trojan War i. 263 The stryndes in dyuerse places were Rynnand throw gravaile quhyt & clene. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 6675 It takes name of a watir strynde, Þe whilk þat tyme was calde lynde. 1456 Sir G. Hay Bk. Knighthood Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 6 A faire well of water..quhilk in divers stryndis past throu the herber till othir gardynis. 1456 [see sink-hole1]. [1841 Hartshorne Salop. Ant. Gloss., Strine, a ditch. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Strine, a water-channel.] |
▪ III. † strind3 Obs.—1
(Sense obscure; ? corrupt.)
| c 1250 Owl & Night. 242 (Cott. MS.) By daie þu art stare⁓blind Þat þu ne siehst ne boȝ ne strind [secunda manu ne bov ne rind; Jesus MS. bouh of lynd]. |
▪ IV. † strind4 Obs.—1
In 6 strynde.
[? related to strain n.3 or strand n.4]
A streak, vein.
| 1523–34 Fitzherb. Husb. §55 If he [a sheep] be ruddy, and haue reed stryndes [c 1545 stringes] in the white of the eye, than he is sounde; and if the eye be white, lyke talowe, and the stryndes darke-coloured, thanne he is rotten. |