† i-streon Obs.
[OE. ᵹestreón = OS. gistriuni, OHG. gastriuni. Cf. strain.]
1. Gain, acquisition; wealth.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. v. xiii. §1 Þæt he æfter him to eallum his ᵹestreonum fenge. c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 190/3 Quæstus uel lucrum, ᵹestreon. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 19 Oðer monnes istreon. c 1205 Lay. 18609 Þæ castles aðele weore of his eoldrene istreon. a 1250 Prov. ælfred 185 in O.E. Misc. 114 Ayhte nys non ildre istreon. |
2. Begetting, procreation. [OE. stréon.]
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 133 Nis na stude to istreone bicumelic, butan ða þe istreonieð beon bispused rihtliche to gedere. |
b. Offspring, progeny. [OE. stréon.]
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 133 He spec wið ðene halie mon abraham of his istreone. c 1205 Lay. 22597 Heore moder is kinges istreon. c 1275 XI Pains Hell 141 in O.E. Misc. 151 Heo..furduden heore istreon. |