Obs. rare. Also strodir. [Contraction of OE. stéor-róðor steer-oar: see STEER sb.2 and RUDDER.] A steering oar, helm, rudder.
[c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., lvi. 431. Ðæt hit wære swelce se stiora slepe on midre sæ, & forlure ðæt stiorroður.]
14[?]. Beryn, 1580. And put in goddis gowernaunce, lyff, Shippe & strothir. Ibid., 1884. To sese both Shipp & strodir.
