Strawberries: If They Are Called Strawberries Owing to Growing Them Over and Under Straw...?

Question

Then what did we call strawberries before we learned how to grow them over and under straw?

Just read that it might be owing to the "runners" the plant sends forth. "Thus, the plant could be said to have 'strewn' runners and plants all over. So the name probably derived from the Anglo-Saxon verb for 'strew'(meaning to spread around) which was streabergen(Strea means 'strew' and Bergen for berry or fruit) and thence to streberie, straiberie, strauberie, straubery, strauberry, and finally, 'strawberry', the word which we use today."

Anyone know anything to the contrary?

Answer 1

....It sounds like "Much Ado
...................... About Nothing"
In Othello, Shakespeare decorated Desdemonda's handkerchief with symbolic strawberries.

The Name Strawberry was derived from the berries that are "strewn" about on the plants, and "strewn berry" eventually became "Strawberry".
http://nashville.about.com/cs/festivalsnmore/a/aa051303a_3.htm

...............History & Lore ................
Strawberries **University of Illinois
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/strawberries/history.html

Answer 2

Think about what came first the straw or the strawberry? The real question is why did they call a straw a straw if it looks nothing like a strawberry?..... Lol:):):):):):)