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streal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯l]
• [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l]
• /ˈstɹiːl/
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Etymology

From Middle English strele, stral, from Old English strǣl (“beam, ray, arrow, shaft, dart, missile”), from Proto-West Germanic *strālu (“arrow, ray, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēl- *strēlā- (“arrow, beam”). Cognate with West Frisian striel (“arrow, dart, shaft”), Dutch straal (“radius, ray, beam, stream”), German Strahl (“beam, ray, spurt”), Swedish stråle (“beam, ray”), Icelandic strjál (“arrow”), Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), Russian стрела (strela, “arrow, dart”). See also streel.

Meanings

1. (rare) Beam, ray (e.g. of light).
2. (qualifier:Sussex) An arrow.
3. (Scotland, UK) Anything thrown or cast; a missile.
   • With streals all wounded, with streals was I all wounded. 1896, The Scottish Review, volume 27, page 299:
4. (UK, dialectal) The pupil of the eye.

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Relateds

streel