† stryn.
Obsolete.
A hag, beldam.
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walkyrieOE
witchOE
hagc1230
strya1300
wise woman1382
sorceressc1384
luller14..
tylyester14..
chantressc1425
magicienne1490
gyre-carline1535
witch-womana1538
eye-biter1584
beldama1586
witch-wife1591
cunning woman1594
saga?a1600
magha1609
magicianess1651
hag-witcha1658
haggard1658
besom-rider1664
wizardess1789
fly-by-night1796
lucky1827
bruja1829
weird-woman1845
hex1856
Baba Yaga1857
pishogue1906
witcher1928
a1300 Havelok 998 Of bodi was he mayden clene, Neuere..Wit hire [read hore] ne wolde leyke ne lye, No more þan it were a strie.
c1440 York Myst. xxiv. 13 A! ffalse stod~mere and stynkand stroye! [rhyme abye.]
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 197 Com hedyr, thou old stry.
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