Sc. Obs. Also 5 stroddlyng. [Of obscure origin.] A foundling.
c. 1490. Rathen Manual (1905), 27. All thai that castis the barnis at kyrk duris or ony place, for the quhylk thai are callit stroddlyngis.
1603. Proph. of Merlin (Bannatyne Club), 12. They that fel on face is faine to flee, That commed are of strodlings strynd.