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Webster 1913 Edition
Stalworth
{
Stal′wart
(stŏl′wẽrt or sta̤l′-; 277)
, Stal′worth
(-wẽrth)
, } Adj.
[OE. , ]
stalworth
, AS. staelwyrð
serviceable, probably originally, good at stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards extended to other causes of estimation. See Steal
, Verb.
T.
Worth
, Adj.
Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.
“A stalwart tiller of the soil.” Prof. Wilson.
Fair man he was and wise,
stalworth
and bold. R. of Brunne.
☞ Stalworth is now disused, or but little used, stalwart having taken its place.