{ Stal"wart (?), Stal"worth (?) },
a. [OE. stalworth, AS.
stælwyrð serviceable, probably originally, good at
stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards extended to
other causes of estimation. See Steal, v. t.,
Worth, a.] Brave; bold; strong;
redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller
of the soil." Prof. Wilson.
Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and
bold.
R. of Brunne.
&fist; Stalworth is now disused, or bur little used,
stalwart having taken its place.
{ Stal"wart (?), Stal"worth (?) },
a. [OE. stalworth, AS.
stælwyrð serviceable, probably originally, good at
stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards extended to
other causes of estimation. See Steal, v. t.,
Worth, a.] Brave; bold; strong;
redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller
of the soil." Prof. Wilson.
Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and
bold.
R. of Brunne.
&fist; Stalworth is now disused, or bur little used,
stalwart having taken its place.