1 gen 1653 anni - sturdy

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A brain disease in sheep and cattle which causes them to be giddy, to turn round and round. 1642 <i>A 3 sheare ewe is allwayes better for the buyer ... for then is all dainger past ... of sturdie</i>, Elmswell (DW4); 1653 <i>received of Robert Fish for a whye that had the sturddy 13s</i>, Stockeld (YRS161/78). The word was also used adjectivally: 1446-58 <i>Item in j sturd sterkett communitatis xxd</i>, Fountains Abbey (SS130/224); 1642 <i>If there bee any of the hogges that bee sturdy, lame, weake ... putte them into the closes ... wheare there is grasse sufficient, </i>Elmswell (DW77). Early by-names were doubtless references to the person’s character but whether or not complimentary it is difficult to say: 1301 <i>De Rogero Sturdy</i>, Bainbridge (YRS21/89).

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