a. Obs. [Altered from STALWORTH a. after WORTHY a.] = STALWORTH a.

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 864. Ðre hundred men … Alle stalwurdi and witter of fiȝt.

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c. 1300.  Havelok, 24. Hauelok, A stalworthi man in a flok.

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c. 1400.  Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh., 71. Þanne ys þe stomak mad stalworthy to defye mete.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 472/1. Sta[l]wurthy, idem quod stronge, infra.

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1522.  World & Child, 239. I am lorde bothe stalworthy and stoute.

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1522.  Skelton, Why not to Court? 346. A stalworthy stryplyng.

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  Hence † Stalworthily adv., † Stalworthiness.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), III. 289. Riȝtwisnesse stalworþynesse and temperure. Ibid., V. 331. To fiȝte stalworthiliche in batayle.

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