Middle English Dictionary Entry
stāblen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | stāblen v.(2) P.ppl. i)stābled, stābillede. |
| Etymology | From stāble n.; also cp. OF establer & L stabulāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To put (a horse) in a stable; lodge (a horse in a stall or temple); ~ up.
Associated quotations
- c1330 Degare (Auch)750 : First he stabled vp his stede; He taiede vp his palefrai.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3545 : Þay..stablede hure stedes vp aȝeyn, And in-to þe paleys þan tornde.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3753 : Þay had mad fast aboute & y-stablyd þe stede.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.179 : Pompeus..hadde i-stabled [Higd.(2): sette; L stabulaverat] his hors in þe porches..of þe temple.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)823 : Sere seggez hym sesed by sadel, quel he lyȝt, & syþen stabeled his stede stif men in-noȝe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)471 : Stablyn hors: Stabulo.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)447 : His stede was sone stabillede [vr. stabled] and lede to þe stalle.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)75 : Þare was sessid in his hande..londe..ploughes..Chambirs with heghe walles, Stedis stabillede in stallis.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)6840 : At þe ȝate he sette porters And stablede vp hys destrers.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)75 : Pompeus..stabled his hors in Salamon is Temple.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)555 : Elizer was besy to serue sir Gawein and stable Gringalet.
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)31/531 : Beues..stabeled vp his hors.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6029 : All the grekes..Stablit vp hor stedis & hor stithe horses.