Middle English Dictionary Entry
stab n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stab n. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI stabbi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stub(be n.
1.
(a) A wooden post, an upright beam; (b) ~ wort, the plant Salvia verbenaca; --?perh. erroneous use of stub-wort n.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 My trewest tresowre (Cmb Dd.5.64)16 : Sa naked and nayled þi ryg on þe rode..þai heued þe on hyght; Þai lete þe stab in þe stane all stekked þat þar stode.
b
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)55b : Oculus christi, oþer wilde worte oþer stabwort, havith a blew floure and rownde sede.