1med.to staunch, stem, stop (bleeding):
(
MS: c.1300
) A stancher seynante playe [...]
305.60
1med.to be staunched, cease to bleed:
(
MS: c.1325
) pur tut manere de menisoun, pernez [...]. E si il cumense a stancher
(ms. astanchancher), fett[e]z le auter feyþe
126.432