Obs. exc. dial. Also 3 stral. [OE. strǽl (Anglian strél) masc. and fem., corresp. to OS. strâla fem. (MLG. strâl, strâle masc. and fem.), MDu. strael masc., strâle fem. (Du. straal masc.), OHG. strâla fem. (MHG. strâl, strâle masc. and fem., mod.G. strahl masc.):—OTeut. *strǣlo-z, -ō, cogn. w. OSl., Russian стрѣла arrow.] An arrow.

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680[?].  Ruthwell Cross Inscr., in O. E. Texts, 126. Miþ strelum ʓiwundad.

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971.  Blickl. Hom., 199. He … mid ʓeættredum stræle ongan sceotan.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 5695. Ofte heo letten grund-hat læd gliden heom an heore hæfd, stockes & stanes & strales hate.

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1853.  W. D. Cooper, Provinc. Sussex, 79. Streale, an arrow. E[astern Sussex].

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