Stalwart
Stalwart (stol"wẽrt o stal"-; 277) , adjective
[Old English stalworth, Anglo-Saxon staelwyre serviceable, probably originally, good at stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards extended to other causes of estimation. See Steal, transitive verb, Worth, a.]
Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.
A stalwart tiller of the soil.
Fair man he was and wise, stalworth and bold.
Stalworth is now disused, or but little used, stalwart having taken its place.
Also: Stalworth