† stalworthyadj.
Obsolete.
= stalworth adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > resistant to disease, etc.
strongeOE
stalworthc1175
starka1250
stiff1297
stalworthyc1300
vigorousc1330
stoura1350
lustyc1374
marrowya1382
sturdyc1386
crank1398
robust1490
vigorious1502
stalwart1508
hardy1548
robustious1548
of force1577
rustical1583
marrowed1612
rustic1620
robustic1652
solid1741
refractory1843
salted1864
resistant1876
saulteda1879
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective]
stalworthc1175
thicka1250
stubblea1300
quarryc1300
stalworthyc1300
stoura1350
sturdyc1386
buirdlya1400
squarec1430
couragec1440
craskc1440
substantialc1460
ample1485
stalwart1508
puddinga1540
full-bodied1588
robust1666
two-handed1687
swankinga1704
strapping1707
broad-set1708
thick-set1724
throddy?1748
thick-bodied1752
broad-built1771
junky1825
swankie1838
stodgy1854
wide-bodied1854
beefish1882
hunky1911
buff1982
buffed1986
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust
strongeOE
hardOE
stalworthc1175
starka1250
stiff1297
steel to the (very) backa1300
stalworthyc1300
wightc1300
stable13..
valiant1303
stithc1325
toughc1330
wrast1338
stoura1350
sadc1384
wighty14..
derfc1440
substantialc1460
well-jointed1483
felon1487
robust1490
stalwart1508
stoutya1529
robustous?1531
rankc1540
hardy1548
robustious1548
stout1576
rustical1583
rustic1620
iron1638
robustic1652
swankinga1704
strapping1707
rugged1731
solid1741
vaudy1793
flaithulach1829
ironbark1833
swankie1838
tough as (old) boots or leather1843
skookum1847
hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862
hard-assed1954
nails1974
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 24 Haueloke, A stalworthi man in a flok.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 864 Ðre hundred men..Alle stalwurði and witter of figt.
c1400 Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 71 Þanne ys þe stomak mad stalworthy to defye mete.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 472/1 Sta[l] wurthy, idem quod stronge, infra.
1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. A.v I am lorde bothe stalworthy and stowte.
a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 346 A stalworthy' stryplyng.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [adverb]
orpedlyOE
stalworthlyc1175
stout1338
wightlya1340
doughtilya1375
stalworthilya1387
stoutlya1400
stalwartly1489
torelyc1540
stoutfullya1578
wightily?a1600
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 331 To fiȝte stalworthiliche in batayle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [noun]
doughtinessc1175
stalworthhead1297
stalworthnessa1340
stalworthinessa1387
doughtiheada1400
stoutess1422
stoutness1508
dought1731
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > robustness
hardishipa1250
stalworthnessa1340
stalworthinessa1387
pithc1395
hardinessc1405
robustness?1533
valiantness1553
validity1578
robustiousness1600
robustuousness1648
robusticness1676
robusticity1777
hardihood1780
ironness1803
induration1827
robustihood1834
stalwartness1859
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 289 Riȝtwisnesse stalworþynesse and temperure.
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