stroyen

• stree, stroy, stroye, strye
• strugen, struye (Early Middle English); stroien, stroyȝe, stroyn, struye (Late Middle English)
• stru, strue, strui, struien, struiȝe (mainly Northern or West Midland)

Despite being attested slightly earlier, probably an apheretic form of destroyen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrui̯ən/, /ˈstræi̯ən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈstryː-/ (Northern, Southern, West Midland)

stroyen (third-person singular simple present stroyeth, present participle stroyinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stroyed)

1. To destroy or ruin:
   1. To demolish or damage (a building, structure, or other thing)

      Synonyms: destroyen, merren

   2. To eliminate or impair (a concept or capability)

      Synonyms: destroyen, merren

   3. To violate, annul, or ignore (a law)
   4. (rare) To waste goods or resources.

      Synonym: destroyen

2. To conquer, defeat, or subjugate:
   1. To devastate or ravage (a person/people or a place)
   2. To kill, especially in battle.

      Synonyms: destroyen, merren

3. To injure or trouble (physically or otherwise)

   Synonyms: destroyen, merren

4. (rare) To eliminate or cure (an illness or poison)

• English: stroy (obsolete)
• Middle Scots: stroy

• “stroien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.