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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Strutly, adv. [? e.m.E. stroot (c1570), strut (1611) to behave proudly; Strout v. to bluster, speak in a belligerent fashion or ? erron. for stoutly adv.] ? Proudly, belligerently. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxv 676.
Dispyt he dyd hym gret That til hyme [he] send sik met & for his bred he send hym hay & til hyme strutly can say: ‘The fud of bestis … Thu has ws send for-thi send we Sic-lyk fud aganys to thé'
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