Sc. [Cf. STRUT v.; also Norw. strunta to walk stiffly as under a burden; to be haughty and stiff in manner (Ross).] intr. To move with a self-important air.
The ordinary version of Muirland Willie (see 1st quot.) runs: The wooer he stept up the house.
17[?]. Old Song (Jam., 1808). The wooer strunted up the house.
1786. Burns, To a Louse, i. I canna say but ye strunt rarely, Owre gawze and lace.
1789. D. Davidson, Seasons, 50. An to Strathfallan green burn-brae Fu’ nimbly she [sc. a cow] did strunt.
