Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish place-names).
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STREVLIN. Also Strila (Slg. 1862 D. Taylor Poems 79). Hist. or liter. forms of Stirling (Edb. 1795 H. MacNeill Scotland's Skaith (1806) v.; Sc. 1800 Scots Mag. (April) 271).
[O.Sc. Strevelin, etc. from the 12th c. Strila is ad. Gael. Sruithle.]
