stronde

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

stronde (plural strondes)

  1. Alternative form of strand
    • 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.

Yola[edit]

Noun[edit]

stronde

  1. Alternative form of sthroane

References[edit]

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 136