north. Obs. Also 5 strothre, stroudyr, strowder, strwder, struther, struder, -ire, 5–6 struthir. [App. related to OE. stród marsh: cf. the place-name Strood.] A marsh.
The Peebles Charters (ed. 1872), 1457–1569 frequently mention a piece of land called ‘The common strother.’
a. 1300[?]. Feodarium Priorat. Dunelm. (Surtees), 203, note. Ab ea cruce usque in mediam strother quæ proxima est versus Hoccale.
1479. Hexham Priory, Black Bk. (Surtees), II. 16. Inter moram de Stancrofte et le Syde usque le Langstrothre. Ibid., 17. Et sic a la Hac directe usque le strothre.
1486. Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 348. Cum una marresia vulgariter nuncupata a strudire juxta le Berresdikis.
1576. Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1586, 297/1. Peciam terre vocatam the Cobstruthir extendentem ad 2 acras.
1832. Morton, Mon. Annals Teviotdale, 116. Crailing … was granted by David I., with the crag in the same vill, and easements in the adjoining strother, in exchange for lands at Hardingesthorn.
