Obs. Also 5 stroye. [a. OF. estrie:—L. striga.] A hag, beldam.
a. 1300. Havelok, 998. Of bodi was he mayden clene, Neuere … Wit hire [read hore] ne wolde leyke ne lye, No more þan it were a strie.
c. 1440. York Myst., xxiv. 13. A! ffalse stodmere and stynkand stroye! [rhyme abye.]
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., xvi. 348. Com hedyr, thou old stry!
