strooke

English

Verb

strooke

Obsolete form of struck.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
  
  Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,

Anagrams

Tookers, stooker

Middle English

Noun

strooke

Alternative form of stroke

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