v. Obs. Also 5 strost. [An unexplained alteration of TRUST v.] trans. and intr. To trust. So † Strusty a. = TRUSTY.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 66. To sum gostliche monne þæt ȝe beoð strusti uppen … god is þæt ȝe asken red. Ibid., 380. Þeo hulles þet beoð lowure, þeo, ase þe lefdi seið, hire sulf ouerleapeð, ne strusteð heo so wel on ham, uor hore feblesce.
1450. Paston Lett., I. 102. The seid Duke of Suffolk being … strostid be you and alle your councellors to knowe the privite of your councell ther.
