Streal

Alternative forms

• strale dialectal

Origin

From Middle English *strel, stral, from Old English strǣl ("arrow, shaft, dart, missile"), from Proto-Germanic *strēlaz, *strēlō ("arrow, ray, beam"), from Proto-Indo-European *strēlā- ("arrow, beam"). Cognate with West Frisian striel ("arrow, dart, shaft"), Dutch straal ("radius, ray, beam, stream"), German Strahl ("beam, ray, spurt"), Swedish stråle ("beam, ray"), Icelandic strjál ("arrow"), Lithuanian strėlė ("arrow, dart, jib"), Russian стрела (strela, "arrow, dart"). See also streel.

Full definition of streal

Noun

1. An arrow.
2. (UK dialectal) The pupil of the eye.

Related terms

• streel