A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1679-1680
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(Strange,) Streang, v. P.t. strang'd. [ME and e.m.E. strange (Wyclif).] intr. To find something strange, be surprised. —1679 J. Barclay Descr. Cath. Ch. 30.
I strang'd, to hear, that all that praying throng, Did scorn to pray but in the Latin tongue 1680 Aberd. Council Lett. VI 239.
I streang that ther is no bill of suspensione as yett given in for Deacon Idell
