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Etymology · Anglo-Norman

estray

2 English words descend from Anglo-Norman estray, most common first.

strayAny domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
estrayAn animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.