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Thread #157044   Message #3708228
Posted By: Steve Gardham
11-May-15 - 12:25 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
2.
It's definitely streave but remember this is a transcription and the transcriber may have misread it. The word should mean 'between'. However, my Chambers Scots Dictionary has 'striven' as an adjective meaning 'at variance, on bad terms; not friendly'