v. Obs. [OE. styrman = OHG. sturman, -en (MHG., mod.G. stürmen), ON. styrma:—OTeut. type *sturmjan, f. *sturmo-z STORM sb. Cf. STORM v.]
1. (OE. only.) intr. a. Of the weather: To storm, rage. b. To cry out loudly.
Beowulf, 2552 (Gr.). Stearcheort styrmde.
c. 888. Ælfred, Boeth., vii. § 3. Styrmendum wedrum.
c. 900. Bæda’s Hist., II. x. [xiii.] (1890), 134. Hit rine & sniwe & styrme ute.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Th.), cxli. 1. Min stefn to þe styrmeð, Drihten.
2. trans. To overwhelm as with a storm; to attack with overpowering force.
c. 1205. Lay., 1670. Þa Freinsce weoren isturmede [c. 1275. iwraþþed] & noðelas heo stal makeden. Ibid., 18327. Þat hæðene uolc þa ufere hond hafeden & mid muchelere strengðe sturmden [c. 1275 sweinde] þa Bruttes.
