streal
noun/ˈstɹiːl/ · [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l]
Etymology From Middle English strele, stral, from Old English strǣl (“beam, ray, arrow, shaft, dart, missile”), from Proto-West Germanic *strālu (“arrow, ray, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēl- *strēlā- (“arrow, beam”). Cognate with West Frisian striel (“arrow, dart, shaft”), Dutch straal (“radius, ray, beam, stream”), German Strahl (“beam, ray, spurt”), Swedish stråle (“beam, ray”), Icelandic strjál (“arrow”), Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), Russian стрела (strela, “arrow, dart”). See also streel.
1
Rare Beam, ray (e.g. of light).
2
An arrow.
- With streals all wounded, with streals was I all wounded.1896, The Scottish Review, volume 27, page 299:
- Related terms
- streel