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Strother, -ir, Struther, n. Also: strothyr, -ar, struthir, -yr, stroder, -re, -ar, stroudyr, struder, -ir(e, stradire. [North. ME and e.m.E. strother (?a1300), -strothre (1479), ? OE stród a marsh, ? EIr., Gael. sruth, srutha(i)r a stream.] A marshy place. Most freq. in place-names, esp. in Southern Scotland. Also attrib.(1) a1159 Liber Calchou 53.
Cum prato quod vocatur Harastrodar c1160 Liber Calchou 63.
Kyrnestroder c1190 Liber Calchou 54.
Harastrothar c1190 Liber Calchou 64.
Chirnestrother 1198–1214 Liber Calchou 108.
Sicut terra culta & pratum de fulstrother se diuidunt 1165–1214 Reg. Neubotle 11.
Totam peteram de locqueruard que vocatur Wluestrother ?a1280 Reg. Neubotle 64.
Riuuli illius qui descendit de Rauhenildestrother ?a1280 Reg. Neubotle 75.
Donacionem petere de Cunibestrothyr c1280 Liber Dryburgh 14.
In villa mea de Aynestrother c1300 Liber Calchou 87.
Pastura in marisco meo qui dicitur Weststrother c1350 Liber Dryburgh 231.
Knolestruthyr 1505 (1506) Reg. Great S. 629/1.
Le Crukit-stradire [in Renfrewshire] 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3250.
Off cumpanary tell me, bruder, Quhilk is the richt way to the Struder [sc. the Struthers in Fife, seat of the Lindsays]attrib. 12… Coldstream Chart. 32.
Totum pratum ad Strotherflat c1350 Liber Dryburgh 213.
Bradestrothir burne(2) 1165–6 Regesta II 167.
Cum omnibus aisiamentis uicini strodre quod Cameri dicitur 1457 Exch. R. VI 339.
Per integras firmas terrarum de duabus Bordlandis et lez Struthir 1469 Peebles B. Rec. I 160.
The sayd balyais … has set … the commoun stroudyr fra the gat don 1482 Acta Aud. 98/2.
The common of Cademur & common struther [sc. in Peebles] 1486 Reg. Great S. 348/1.
Una marresia vulgariter nuncupata a strudire juxta le Berresdikis [sc. in Renfrewshire] 1550 Peebles B. Rec. I 203.
Tua d. in the yeir of blanchferm for the Commoun Strudir 1577 (1581) Reg. Great S. 62/2.
Et illam longam Struther jacen. intra Balcarrous, Eister et Wester Reres