† ˈstalworthy, a. Obs.
[Altered from stalworth a. after worthy a.]
= stalworth a.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 864 Ðre hundred men..Alle stalwurdi and witter of fiȝt. c 1300 Havelok 24 Haueloke, A stalworthi man in a flok. c 1400 Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 71 Þanne ys þe stomak mad stalworthy to defye mete. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 472/1 Sta[l] wurthy, idem quod stronge, infra. 1522 World & Child 239, I am lorde bothe stalworthy and stoute. c 1522 Skelton Why not to Court? 346 A stalworthy' stryplyng. |
Hence † ˈstalworthily adv., † ˈstalworthiness.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 289 Riȝtwisnesse stalworþynesse and temperure. Ibid. V. 331 To fiȝte stalworthiliche in batayle. |