[Loch-Ruadh] forgotten English

Madelina de Lindesay lymadelina at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 23 07:11:12 PST 2005


streek - to strech or expand; to lay out a corpse; [from] Saxon "streccan".  "Streeking-board", a board on which the limbs of the deceased are stretched out and composed.



More information about the Loch-Ruadh mailing list