stronde
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English strand, from Proto-West Germanic *strandu, from Proto-Germanic *strandō.
The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɔnd(ə)/, /ˈstrɔːnd(ə)/
- IPA(key): /ˈstrand(ə)/, /ˈstraːnd(ə)/ (especially Northern)
Noun
stronde (plural strondes)
- (chiefly Northern) beach, shoreline
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
- Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;- Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
To distant shrines well known in distant lands.
- Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
Descendants
References
- “strō̆nd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Yola
Noun
stronde
- alternative form of sthroane
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 136