v. Obs. Forms: 2–3 astruȝe, 2–4 astrue, 4 astroie. Also aphetic STROY. [a. OF. estrui-re, cogn. w. It. struggere:—late pop. L. ’struĕre for distruĕre to DESTROY.] To destroy.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 211. Swo heneð and astruȝeð þe riche men þe wrecches.
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl., 6756. That eueriche baroun loke his pas, And aspie hem bi tropie, And so fond hem to astroie.
1340. Ayenb., 17. Prede astruþ … alle þe graces … þet byeþ ine manne.
