Stal'wart or Stal'worth (-wŏrth), a.

a. [O. Eng. stalward, O. Scot. stalwart. Cf. A-S. stælbeordh, worth stealing or taking, and afterward extended to other causes of estimation, stealweard, help, aid, stēlfærhðh, a man of iron mood, stæthol-færhðh, firm-minded, brave.] Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. “A stalwart tiller of the soil.” Prof. Wilson.

Fair man he was and wise, stalworth and bold. R. Brunne.

☞ Stalworth is now disused, or but little used, stalwart having taken its place.