Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — Prof. Wilson
Fair man he was and wise, stalworth and bold. — R. of Brunne

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

Also: Stalworth