| 释义 |
stourness Obs. exc. Sc.|ˈsturnɪs|
[f. stour a. + -ness.]
The condition of being ‘stour’; † sturdiness; † roughness; largeness.
c1400Destr. Troy 9015 Kyng Seppidon..Bounet vnto batell..And to Neptilon anon,..As by stowrnes of strenght, streght on hym met. Ibid. 10345 And troiell..trayturly he slogh, Noght þurgh stowrenes of strokes, ne with strenght one; But [etc.]. 1530Palsgr. 277/1 Stournesse, estourdisseure. 1866T. Edmondston Shetl. & Orkney Gloss., Stourness, largeness, bigness, Shetland. |