He was "big as a stirk," one informant has declared The "fearsome tail" appears to have been not the least impressive thing about it.
"Elves and Heroes"
Donald A. MacKenzie
The oxen were large and well-fleshed, but not fat; and we bought an ox for two knives, and a stirk, or young beast, for one knife.
"A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII."
Robert Kerr
"Ye were aye a dumb stirk at Clydebank," Macallister said to him.
"The Coast of Adventure"
Harold Bindloss