Etymology: The form strout probably represents an Old English *strút = Old High German, Middle High German strûȥ (masculine), combat, strife (Middle High German also strûȥe feminine; modern German dialect strauss ) < Germanic type *strūto-z , < root *strūt- , perhaps originally meaning to stand out, project, protrude; compare Old Norse strút-r conical headdress, Norwegian strut spout, snout, Danish strud end of a sausage, etc., Swedish strut cornet of paper. The forms strut)t and perhaps strot appear to represent a different formation (from the weak grade of the root); see strut v.¹, and compare Norwegian strutt obstinate resistance.

Etymology: Proximate origin obscure; from the root of strut n.¹, strut v.¹ Compare Low German strutt, rigid.

Etymology: < strut v.¹

Etymology: < strut v.²

Etymology: Connected with strut v.¹; perhaps originally the past participle.

Etymology: The α forms represent Old English strútian , probably < *strút strut n.¹; corresponding formations are modern German dialect straussen to wrangle, Danish strude to strut; also (with difference of conjugation), Middle High German striuȥen weak verb to contend, struggle (modern German dialect sträussen). The β forms, though they may partly have arisen from contracted past participle forms with shortened vowel, appear also to represent a distinct formation (not recorded in Old English) from the weak grade of the root, corresponding to Middle High German, modern German strotzen to swell out, bulge, Swedish strutta to hop, strut, Danish strutte to strut, Norwegian strutta to offer obstinate resistance, strotta to sulk. Although the α and β types partly represent different formations, both are found in each of the senses; they are therefore here treated as variants of the same word.

Etymology: < strut n.²