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 aphetic 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)
   2. To eliminate or impair (a concept or capability)
   3. To violate, annul, or ignore (a law)
   4. (rare) To waste goods or resources.
2. To conquer, defeat, or subjugate:
   1. To devastate or ravage (a person/people or a place)
   2. To kill, especially in battle.
3. To injure or trouble (physically or otherwise)
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.