Stac, _n._ S. 814. [This I believe to mean simply a stack, or heap, like the Dan. _stak_, Sw. _stack_. I add Sir F. Madden’s note in the edition of 1828.] A stack, or, more properly, _stick_ of fish, a term applied to eels when strung on a row, ‘sic dicta, quod trajecta vimine (quod _stic_ dicimus) connectebantur.’ _Spelm._ A _stica_ consisted of 25 eels, and 10 _Sticæ_ made a _Binde_. Glanv. lib. 2, c. 9. Stalworþi, Stalworþe, Stalwrthe, adj. S. strong, valiant, courageous, 24, 904, 1027, &c. _Stalworþeste_, _sup._ 25. Stan-ded, _adj._ S. dead as a stone, completely dead, 1815. _Stille als a ston_, 928. Cf. K. of Tars, 549; Erle of Tol. 754; Launfal, 357. _See_ Gl. to _Partenay_. Star, _n._ Icel. a species of sedge, 939. Icel. _stör_; Sw. _starr_; Dan. _stær_. _See_ the Note. Stareden, _pt. t. pl._ 1037. _Probably miswritten for_ Stradden, contended. Cf. Su.-Goth. and Sw. _strida_, to contend. Starinde, _part. pr._ staring, 508. Stark, _adj._ S. stiff, stout, strong, 341, 380, 608, &c. V. Jam. in v. Stede, _n._ S. steed, horse, 10, &c. Stede, _n._ S. place, 142, 744. _Stedes_, _pl._ 1846. Stem, _n._ S. a ray of light, beam, 591. It is equivalent to _Glem_, l. 2122. Therewith he blinded them so close, A _stime_ they could not see. _R. Hood_, i. 112. Cf. Brockett’s Gl. in v. _Stime_. Sternes, _n. pl._ stars, 1809. _Ageyn þe sternes_ = exposed to the sky, or to the open air. Stert, _n._ S. leap, 1873. Chaucer has _at a stert_ for immediately, C. T. 1707. Stert, _n._ S. [_steort_, cauda] tail, 2323. _Start_ is still retained in the North. Steuene, _n._ S. voice, 1275. Sti, _n._ S. road, way, 2618. Sir Tr. p. 192; Yw. and Gaw. 599; Emare, 196; Sevyn Sages, 712; R. Br. Chaucer uses _stile_ in the same sense, C. T. 12628, and Minot, p. 5, in both which passages the respective Editors have made the same mistake in explaining it. [Cf. G. _steg_, a pass.] Stille, _adj._ S. quiet, 955, 2309. Stille, _adv._ S. in a low voice, secretly, 2997. Sir Tr. p. 55; K. Horn, 315. Stirt, Stirte, _pa. t._ S. started, leaped, 398, 566, 873, 1049, &c. _Stirte_, _Stirten_, _pa. t. pl._ started, hurried, 599, 1964, 2609. Derived by Skinner from S. _astirian_, movere, by Jam. from Teut. _steerten_, volare. _See_ Astirte. Cf. G. _stürzen_; and see _Start_ in Wedgwood. Stith, _n._ S. anvil, 1877. Chauc. Still provincial. V. Moore, and Brockett. Stiward, _n._ S. steward, 666. Stonden, _n._ S. to stand, 689. _Stondes_, _pr. t. 3 p._ standeth, stands, 2240, 2983. _Stod_, _pa. t._ stood, 591, 679. _Stoden_, _pa. t. pl._ 1037. Stor, _adj._ S. hardy, stout, 2383. Laȝam. l. 9126; Yw. and Gaw. 1297; Chron. of Engl. 464; Sq. of Lowe D. 658; Ly Beaus Desc. 1766. _Steir_, _Sture_, Sc. ap. Jam. Cf. Sw. _stor_. Stra, _n._ S. straw, 315, 466. A.S. _streow_, _streaw_. Cf. Strie. Strenes, _pr. t. 3 p._ S. begets, 2983. From _streónan_, gignere. Cf. K. Alisaund. 7057. Strie, _n._ a straw, 998. _See_ Stra.