Middle English Dictionary Entry
stagne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stagne n. |
| Etymology | L stagnum |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stampe n.(1), stank n.
1.
A lake; also, a pond.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20455 : Þe stagne of loume þai entred þat qwiles And occupede forsoȝ þase hiles Þat within war.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20576 : Arthur tald him in his tales Anoþer stagne in þe contre of wales..Þe ce ouerflues it euerilke dai.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20591 : Þe stagne..rises and spoutes And strinkels waters alle a boutes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)124a/b : Froggez..ar pastured or fed in grene stagnez [Ch.(2): pondes] wiþ blode or fatnesse of tortuce of þe see.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)69.6 (v.2:p.35) : Beside which citee [Silena in Libya] was a grete stagne liche an arme of the see.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)8/11 : Britayne is..Copiouse off fisches boþe in Ryvers, stagnys, & pondis.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)9/33,36 : Ther is..a stagne conteynynge wt-in hit lx habitable Iles..and lx flodes flowyne in þe same stagne, and noone of heme rennythe in to þe see but oone.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.28 : They gatte eche daye with nettes..The fyshe in stagnes and waters sufficiaunce.