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: 1500-1512
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Strummill, -ell, -all, n. and adj. Also: strwmill, strumbell. [Cf. Stumble v. and Stum(m)er v.] Only in Dunb. a. adj. Of a beast: Clumsy, ungainly; stumbling. b. noun. A clumsy, bumbling, brutish oaf. —a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 42/54.
My strummill [M. strwmill] stirk ȝit new to spane … Fow leis … me that graceles gane c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 100/11.
Ay his ane futt did waver He stackeret lyk an strummall aver That hopschackellt war aboin the kne —b. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 131/17.
Stuffettis, strekouris, and stafische strummellis c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 133/62.
Ane pykthank in a prelottis clais … Fenȝeing the feris off ane lord, And he ane strumbell, I stand ford
