Middle English Dictionary Entry
stādīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stādīe n. |
| Etymology | From AF estadie & L stadium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A variable unit of measure approx. equal to one-eighth of a Roman mile, or about 600 standard feet, a stadium; (b) ?a racecourse or stadium; ?a footrace.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.583 : Hercules..with o wynde..wolde renne a stadye.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1344 : x leukis and no lasse Thei made þe walle of thiknesse..it was brought vnto the heyght Of sixti stadies and foure mo.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1387 : Besidis Damasse þat fair cite Beth v leukis and stadiis thre; A toune þere is.
- a1500 Let.Alex.(Wor F.172)184 : I bad the castels to be set and gadered in the space of xxii stadies in length and as moche in breede.
b
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.3.11 : Yif a man renneth in the stadye (or in the forlong) for the corone, thanne lith the mede in the coroune for which he renneth.