"stalworthest" meaning in Middle English

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          "ref": "14th century, [manuscript of Guy of Warwick]; republished as Julius Zupitza, editor, The Romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century Version. […], part I, London: […] N. Trübner & Co., […], 1883, “Guy, with 100 knights, Goes to Help the Greek Emperor”, page 167:",
          "text": "Than̄ toke Guy an hundred knigħtes\nOf the stalworthest and best in fightes,\nThat he migħt in Almaigne fynde,\nAnd most preised and best doyng⫞.",
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          "ref": "14th–15th century, Hic Priamus. Rex. et Palamides pugnauerunt rꝭ; republished as Early English Text Society: Original Series, 1903, “Sarpedon is unhorsed by Neoptolomus; the Persian King helps him”, 11761–11768, page 347:",
          "text": "But thanne come thedir sikerly\nThe stalworthest man of Grece party,\nNeoptolamus was his name;\nKyng Sarpedoun thoght he to lame:\nHe ȝaff him certes suche a dynt\nThat Sarpedoun his stiropes tynt,\nHe made him bacwrad so stoupe\nThat he fel ouer his hors croupe.",
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          "ref": "early 15th century, [metrical paraphrase of the Old Testament], page 111; republished as Herbert Kalén, editor, A Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament, 1923:",
          "text": "Qwylke þei well wyst was wyse and wyȝt\nand stalworthest in stede and stall,\nfforto be nere hym day and nyȝt\nfor ferd of fare þat myȝt be fall.",
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          "ref": "15th century, [manuscript of Havelok the Dane]; republished as Frederick Madden, editor, The ancient English Romance of Havelok the Dane, […], Printed for the Roxburghe Club, 1828:",
          "text": "The rym is maked of Havelok,\nA stalworthi man in a flok;\nHe was the stalworthest man at nede,\nThat may riden on ani stede.",
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          "ref": "15th century, [Chronicle of Robert of Brunne], volume IX; republished as “Chronik des Robert von Brunne (von anfang bis zu Christi geburt)”, in Richard Paul Wülker, A. Zetsche (section), editors, Anglia. Zeitschrift für Englische Philologie, 1886, page 146:",
          "text": "The tyme that he was best in elde\nAnd stalworthest hymself to welde,\nA best com out of the Irysche se\nAnd destruyed al the contre.",
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          "ref": "15th century, [Sir Peny], volume XXI; republished as “Sir Peny”, in Englische Studien, 1895, page 207:",
          "text": "With owten owþer spere or schelde,\nEs he þe best in frith or felde,\nAnd stalworthest in stowre.",
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        "superlative degree of stalworth"
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          "text": "Than̄ toke Guy an hundred knigħtes\nOf the stalworthest and best in fightes,\nThat he migħt in Almaigne fynde,\nAnd most preised and best doyng⫞.",
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          "text": "But thanne come thedir sikerly\nThe stalworthest man of Grece party,\nNeoptolamus was his name;\nKyng Sarpedoun thoght he to lame:\nHe ȝaff him certes suche a dynt\nThat Sarpedoun his stiropes tynt,\nHe made him bacwrad so stoupe\nThat he fel ouer his hors croupe.",
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          "text": "Qwylke þei well wyst was wyse and wyȝt\nand stalworthest in stede and stall,\nfforto be nere hym day and nyȝt\nfor ferd of fare þat myȝt be fall.",
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          "text": "The rym is maked of Havelok,\nA stalworthi man in a flok;\nHe was the stalworthest man at nede,\nThat may riden on ani stede.",
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          "text": "The tyme that he was best in elde\nAnd stalworthest hymself to welde,\nA best com out of the Irysche se\nAnd destruyed al the contre.",
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          "text": "With owten owþer spere or schelde,\nEs he þe best in frith or felde,\nAnd stalworthest in stowre.",
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