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styria

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
styria, styriga, styrga, styra, an; m.
A sturgeon; but the word is used as the equivalent of several Latin names of fishes
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  • Styria

    cragacus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 50: 15, 48.
  • Styrga, styria, styra

    porcopiscis,

      Txts. 87, 1614.
  • Styria,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 29.
  • Styriga, i. 281, 59.
  • Stiriga,

      65, 63.
  • Styria

    rombus,

      55, 61.
  • Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byþ, styria and mereswýn,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27.
  • Andlang strǽte út on styrian pól, vi. 9, 6.
  • Mereswýn and stirian

    delphinos et sturias,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. sturo, sturjo sturio, rombus, purro: Ger. stör: Du. steur: Icel. styrja: Dan. stør: Norweg. størje. The Teutonic word was adopted in Romance speeches, and the French form is seen in English sturgeon.]
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v.  stiria.
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