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ster² (s.xii¹)

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The form stut² is a cross reference to the following entry:

ster² (s.xii¹)

stere;
ind.pr.3 sta;
pret.3 stot, stout, stut;
pret.6 stourent, sturent;
imper.2 sta

FEW: stare 12,237a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ester (*) DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: stare 3183b

1 to stand, take position:

( s.xii¹; MS: 1155-60 ) Beoneeret li heom ki [...] en la veie des pecheurs ne stout (Latin: in via peccatorum non stetit) Camb Ps 1.I.1

( s.xiii^m; MS: s.xiii^m ) Si vint l’angle nostre Seignor Jesu Crist E stut devant l’us de sa celle Vitas 1906

( s.xiii^m; MS: s.xiii^m ) nus diables sturent Desur la forneise qui leiz e hisdus furent Vitas 4020

♦bot.treesto stand, grow:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiv² ) Cum parvenimes al seint liu u li divin arbre stourent [...] Merveilles Inde 496

♦(of liquids) to stand:

( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii² ) [...] puis coverez bien le pot de arzil hu de past et laisez issi stere nof jurs, et puis ostez le cuvercle Orn Dames 402

2to stand still, stop, wait:

( MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) (J.C to Peter who has just cut off a servant’s ear:) ‘Oste ta arme, sta en pais’ A-N Piety 216.539

3to stand fast, sit tight:

( 1360-79; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Qui bien sta, voie q’a nulle hure Soit just rué de sa monture GOWER Mirour 10555

to fare, be in a particular state:

( 1360-79; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Seignour, [...] J’en vous dirray comment il sta GOWER Mirour 7108

( 1396; MS: s.xv¹ ) Dieu vous garde. Ou si: Sta bien. Ou si: Reposez bien Man lang ANTS 23.10

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