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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

1778. A.S. _stélan_.
  Stele, a step (of a ladder), C. 513. See _Stale_.
      “This ilke laddre (that may to hevene leste) is charite,
      The _stales_ gode theawis.” --(Poems of Wm. of Shoreham, p. 3.)
  Stemme = stem, to stop, delay, B. 905. The same root occurs in
    _stammer_, stumble, etc. Sw. _stämma_, to dam.
  Stepe, step, B. 905.
  {Stepe, Steppe,} bright, B. 583, 1396. S.Sax. _steap_, bright,
    brilliant. “Stepe ene.” T. B. 3101. Cf. “eyen _stepe_.” Chaucer.
    C. T. Prologue, l. 201.
  Stere, direct, A. 623; rule, C. 27.
  Sterne, star, A. 115; C. 207. O.N. _stjarna_.
  Sterne (of a boat), C. 149.
  Sterre, star, B. 1378.
  Stewarde, B. 90.
  Steuen, voice, A. 188; sound, A. 1125; B. 1203, 1402; noise, B. 1778;
    command, B. 360, 463. A.S. _stefen_.
  Stiffe, B. 983.
  Stifly, firmly, B. 157.
  Stik, fix, fasten, B. 157. See _Steke_.
  Stille, dumb, B. 1523.
  Stoffe, fill, B. 1184. See T. B. 2748.
  Stoken, fastened, enclosed, shut (_p.p._ of _steke_), A. 1065; B. 360,
    1199, 1524.
      “Sothe stories ben _stoken_ up & straught out of mind.”
        --(T. B. 11.)
  {Stokke, Stoke,} stocks, B. 46, 157.
  Stonde, stand, B. 1490.
  Stonde, blow, B. 1540. A.S. _stunian_, to beat, strike. O.E. _stund_,
    to strike.
      “Quat! wyns (wenis) þou I am a hund,
      Wit þi stans me for to _stund_.”
        --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 42b.)
  Stonen, _adj._ of stone, B. 995.
  Ston-harde, fast, B. 884.
  Store, a great (number), A. 847.
      “A _store_ man of strength and of stuerne will.” --(T. B. 538.)
  Stote, stand, stop still, A. 149. Dan. _stötte_, stay, support.
    S.Sax. _stuten_, to stop. Sc. _stoit_, stumble. “_Stotyng_,
    Titubatus.” (Prompt. Parv.)
      “Anone to the forest they found (go),
      There they _stoted_ a stound.” --(Sir Degrevant, 225.)
      “Ffurth he stalkis a stye, by tha stille euys,
      _Stotays_ at a hey strette, studyande hym one.”
        --(Morte Arthure, p. 290.)
      “Than he _stotays_ for made, and alle his strenghe faylez.”
        --(_Ibid._, p. 357.)
  Stound, Stounde, a space of time, moment, A. 659; B. 1716; _in
    stoundes_, at times, B. 1603. A.S. _stund_.
  Stounde, blow, and hence sorrow, A. 20. See _Stonde_.
  Stour, conflict; _bale-stour_, death pang, C. 426. Cf. _dede-stoure_,
    death conflict. Hampole’s Pricke of Conscience, 1820, 5812. O.N.
    _styr_.
      “Son efter-ward, it was not lang,
      Gain Saul þai gaf batail strang;
      Þaa sarȝins þan þe king umsett,
      In hard _stur_ þai samen mett;
      Ful snaip it was þair, _stur_ and snelle,
      The folk al fled of Israel.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 43b.)
  Stout, firm, stable, A. 779, 935; brave, B. 1184.
  Stowed, placed, B. 113.
  Stowned, troubled, astonished, C. 73. A.S. _stunian_.
  Strake, struck up, sounded, B. 1402.
  Strate, street, A. 1043.
  Straunge, strange, B. 409.
  Stray, A. 1173; B. 1199. See T. B. 6258.
  Strayne, strain, A. 128; labour, A. 691; pain, B. 1540; trouble,

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

1778. A.S. _stélan_.
  Stele, a step (of a ladder), C. 513. See _Stale_.
      “This ilke laddre (that may to hevene leste) is charite,
      The _stales_ gode theawis.” --(Poems of Wm. of Shoreham, p. 3.)
  Stemme = stem, to stop, delay, B. 905. The same root occurs in
    _stammer_, stumble, etc. Sw. _stämma_, to dam.
  Stepe, step, B. 905.
  {Stepe, Steppe,} bright, B. 583, 1396. S.Sax. _steap_, bright,
    brilliant. “Stepe ene.” T. B. 3101. Cf. “eyen _stepe_.” Chaucer.
    C. T. Prologue, l. 201.
  Stere, direct, A. 623; rule, C. 27.
  Sterne, star, A. 115; C. 207. O.N. _stjarna_.
  Sterne (of a boat), C. 149.
  Sterre, star, B. 1378.
  Stewarde, B. 90.
  Steuen, voice, A. 188; sound, A. 1125; B. 1203, 1402; noise, B. 1778;
    command, B. 360, 463. A.S. _stefen_.
  Stiffe, B. 983.
  Stifly, firmly, B. 157.
  Stik, fix, fasten, B. 157. See _Steke_.
  Stille, dumb, B. 1523.
  Stoffe, fill, B. 1184. See T. B. 2748.
  Stoken, fastened, enclosed, shut (_p.p._ of _steke_), A. 1065; B. 360,
    1199, 1524.
      “Sothe stories ben _stoken_ up & straught out of mind.”
        --(T. B. 11.)
  {Stokke, Stoke,} stocks, B. 46, 157.
  Stonde, stand, B. 1490.
  Stonde, blow, B. 1540. A.S. _stunian_, to beat, strike. O.E. _stund_,
    to strike.
      “Quat! wyns (wenis) þou I am a hund,
      Wit þi stans me for to _stund_.”
        --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 42b.)
  Stonen, _adj._ of stone, B. 995.
  Ston-harde, fast, B. 884.
  Store, a great (number), A. 847.
      “A _store_ man of strength and of stuerne will.” --(T. B. 538.)
  Stote, stand, stop still, A. 149. Dan. _stötte_, stay, support.
    S.Sax. _stuten_, to stop. Sc. _stoit_, stumble. “_Stotyng_,
    Titubatus.” (Prompt. Parv.)
      “Anone to the forest they found (go),
      There they _stoted_ a stound.” --(Sir Degrevant, 225.)
      “Ffurth he stalkis a stye, by tha stille euys,
      _Stotays_ at a hey strette, studyande hym one.”
        --(Morte Arthure, p. 290.)
      “Than he _stotays_ for made, and alle his strenghe faylez.”
        --(_Ibid._, p. 357.)
  Stound, Stounde, a space of time, moment, A. 659; B. 1716; _in
    stoundes_, at times, B. 1603. A.S. _stund_.
  Stounde, blow, and hence sorrow, A. 20. See _Stonde_.
  Stour, conflict; _bale-stour_, death pang, C. 426. Cf. _dede-stoure_,
    death conflict. Hampole’s Pricke of Conscience, 1820, 5812. O.N.
    _styr_.
      “Son efter-ward, it was not lang,
      Gain Saul þai gaf batail strang;
      Þaa sarȝins þan þe king umsett,
      In hard _stur_ þai samen mett;
      Ful snaip it was þair, _stur_ and snelle,
      The folk al fled of Israel.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 43b.)
  Stout, firm, stable, A. 779, 935; brave, B. 1184.
  Stowed, placed, B. 113.
  Stowned, troubled, astonished, C. 73. A.S. _stunian_.
  Strake, struck up, sounded, B. 1402.
  Strate, street, A. 1043.
  Straunge, strange, B. 409.
  Stray, A. 1173; B. 1199. See T. B. 6258.
  Strayne, strain, A. 128; labour, A. 691; pain, B. 1540; trouble,

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

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