adv. dial. Forms: 5–6 strydlingis, 7, 9 stridling, 9 stridelins, stridlin(g)s (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). [f. strid- wk. stem of STRIDE sb. or v. + -LING, -LINGS.] Astride.
c. 1440. Alphabet of Tales, 392. And onone þe devull come & sett hym siridlyngis on hys bakk.
1528. Lyndesay, Dreme, 89. I bure thy grace vpon my bak, And, sumtymes, strydlingis on my nek.
1632. Lithgow, Trav., IX. 395. The women ride here stridling in the sadle.
1822. Galt, Sir A. Wylie, xl. I didna mean that she was to gallop, stridling on a horse, wi’ you in a pock before her.
