Obs. exc. Sc. [f. STURT sb.1]
1. † a. intr. To contend, make trouble with. Obs.
c. 1395. Plowman’s Tale, 868. Such beren yvell heven-kay They mowen … With trewe tillers sturte and stryve.
b. trans. To attack, trouble, molest, disturb. Sc.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. vi. 40. I … nevir wald ceis, Quhen thai wer chasit of thair native land, To sturt thame on the streme fra hand to hand.
1786. Burns, Twa Dogs, 199. They mak enow themsels to vex them; An’ ay the less they hae to sturt them, In like proportion, less will hurt them.
1892. G. Stewart, Shetl. Fireside Tales (ed. 2), 247. She could staand at da briest o’ wir hoose an’ skyle wir lum withoot ever sturtin’ her.
2. intr. To be startled or frightened. Cf. START v. 5.
1786. Burns, Halloween, xviii. He marches thro’ amang the stacks, Tho’ he was something sturtan.
1808. Jamieson, Sturt, to startle, to be afraid.
1850. in Ogilvie.
Sturt v.2: see STURT sb.2
