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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|ang|styrian|t=to move, agitate]] (about 725, in Beowulf),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*sturjaną]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) cognate with Old Saxon farsturian, to overturn, Dutch storen and German stören, to disturb, and Old Norse styrr, disturbance.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) Barnhart finds no convincing cognates outside Germanic,^(Barnhart 1988) while Etymonline traces it to a root meaning to turn, whirl (see [[storm]]).^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|ang|styrian|t=to move, agitate]] (about 725, in Beowulf),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*sturjaną]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) cognate with [[osx|farsturian]], to overturn, [[nl|storen]] and [[de|stören]], to disturb, and [[non|styrr]], disturbance.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) Barnhart finds no convincing cognates outside Germanic,^(Barnhart 1988) while Etymonline traces it to a root meaning to turn, whirl (see [[storm]]).^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==