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cognates of the Teut. root straup are wanting. For ModHG. ei, equiv. to MidHG. öu, see Schleife.

Streit, m., ‘dispute, quarrel, strife,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. strît, m.; allied to ModHG. streiten, MidHG. strîten, OHG. strîtan, str. vb., ‘to quarrel, fight.’ OHG. einstrîti, ‘stubborn,’ OSax. strîd, ‘zeal,’ and OIc. strîðr, ‘stubborn, severe, strong,’ show that Streit has gone through the same development of meanings as Krieg (lit. ‘exertion’); OIc. strîð, n., ‘pain, grief, oppression,’ is, however, remarkable (yet comp. the cognates of ModHG. tapfer). Pre-historic cognates of the Teut. root strîd (for strî’, srî?) are wanting; yet comp. Sans. sridh, ‘enemy.’

streng, adj., ‘strict, severe, stern,’ from MidHG. stręnge, adj., OHG. stręngi, ‘strong, brave, hard, unfriendly’ (to which the adv. MidHG. strange, OHG. strango, is allied); comp. OSax. strang, Du. streng, AS. and E. strong, and the equiv. OIc. strangr. Its connection with Strang (strenge, lit. ‘tense’) has been already suggested, yet comp. also Lett. stringt, ‘to grow tight, withered.’ —

strengen (in anstrengen), from MidHG. and OHG. stręngen, ‘to press, urge,’ is a nominal verb.

Streu, f., ‘litter, bed of straw,’ from the equiv. MidHG. ströu, f., allied to streuen, from the equiv. MidHG. ströuwen (strouwen), OHG. stręwen (strouwen), wk. vb. To this correspond Goth. straujan, OSax. stręwian, Du. strooijen, AS. streowian, E. to strew. The common Teut. straujan (to which Stroh is allied), whence Ital. sdrajarsi, ‘to stretch away,’ is borrowed, is connected in some inexplicable manner with the Aryan root ster (strō̆), in Lat. sternere, Gr. στορέννυμι, στρώννυμι, and the Sans. root stṛ, ‘to strew.’

Strich, see streichen.

Strick, m., ‘string, cord,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. stric (ck), m. Its connection with Strang or streichen is dubious; it is rather related to Sans. sraj, ‘winding, twisted ornament,’ or Sans. rajju, ‘string’ (for Teut. str from Aryan sr, comp. Schwester, Strom, and strecken). — ModHG. stricken, ‘to knit,’ from MidHG. stricken, OHG. stricchen, ‘to lace, clasp, plait,’ is probably a derivative.

Striegel, m., ‘currycomb,’ from the equiv. MidHG. strigel, OHG. strigil, m.; to this striegeln, ‘to comb,’ from the equiv. MidHG. strigelen, is allied. The word is

borrowed from Lat. strĭgĭlis, ‘scraper (used by bathers), flesh-brush’ (Ital. stregghia, streglia, Fr. étrille, ‘currycomb’). It is scarcely related directly to streichen (Aryan root strik, strig).

Strieme, m. and f., ‘stripe, streak, scar,’ from MidHG. strieme (streime, strîme), m., ‘stripe’; OHG. strī̆mo (to which strimil, MidHG. strîmel, is allied), ‘stripe,’ is an isolated relic of a Teut.-Aryan root strī̆, which is not found elsewhere.

Strippe, f., ‘string, strap, band,’ a MidG. and LG. form for the genuine MidHG. strüpfe. Yet comp. also Swiss štruppe, ‘strap.’

Strobel, m., ‘pine cone, strobile,’ ModHG. only, allied to MidHG. strobelen, OHG. strobalôn. See sträuben.

Stroh, m., ‘straw,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. strô (gen. strawes, strauwes, strôwes), n.; a common Teut. word. Comp. Du. stroo, AS. streaw, E. straw, OIc. strá (Goth. *strawa-), n. Its connection with streuen is evident, yet its exact relation is uncertain (Stroh, lit. ‘hangings, embossed paper’?).

Strom, m., ‘stream, torrent, current,’ from the equiv. MidHG. strôm (stroum), OHG. stroum; common to Teut. in the form straumo-. Comp. OSax. strôm, Du. stroom, AS. streám, E. stream, and the equiv. OIc. straumr. Teut. straumo- for srou-mo- is based on the Aryan root srū̆ (srou), ‘to flow,’ which appears in Gr. ῥέω (for *σρέϝω; ῥύσις, ‘flowing,’ for sru-ti-s), Sans. root sru, ‘to flow,’ OIr. sruth, ‘river,’ and sruaim (base sroumen), ‘stream.’ For the evolution of Aryan sr to str see Schwester and Strick.

strotzen, vb., ‘to be puffed up, teem, boast of,’ from the equiv. late MidHG. strotzen, wk. vb. The Teut. root strū̆t, which is not widely diffused, appears in E. strut (to which OIc. þrútenn, ‘swollen,’ is allied; comp. OIc. þjórr, equiv. to HG. Stier). To this ModHG. Strauß, ‘contest,’ with the evolved meaning ‘to swell with anger,’ and its cognates are allied?.

Strudel, m., ‘eddy, whirlpool, vortex,’ from the equiv. late MidHG. strudel, m. A graded form from OHG. strëdan, str. vb., ‘to roar, bubble’; Lat. strîdere, ‘to whiz,’ is not connected with the HG. cognates.

Strumpf, m., ‘stocking,’ from MidHG. strumpf, m., ‘stump, trunk (of a tree, of a body).’ These meanings of the MidHG. word that it is equivalent to the fol-