Middle English Dictionary Entry
stāter n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stāter n. Also (in surname) statere. |
| Etymology | L; cp. OF statere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A unit of weight; (b) a silver coin, shekel; (c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333a/a : Tweye sextules makeþ duella and þre makeþ stater [L staterem]..stater [L Stater] is half an vnce and weieþ þre golden solid, and hatte stater for it stondeþ in þre solid.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333a/b : Siclus is þe fourþe part of an vnce and half a stater.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.4.10 : Thi meet which thou shalt ete shal be in weiȝt twenti stateris [WB(2): staters], that is, ten owncis.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.17.26 : Take the ilke fishe that first cummeth vp, and, his mouth openyd, thou shalt fynde stater [vr. a stater; L staterem], that is, a certeyn of moneye.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)82/12 : Go to þe see & þrowe in an hook, & þe first fisch þat comeþ vp, take hym & open his mouþe, & þou schalt fynde a stater, a þinge þat weyeþ half an vnce.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)31/3 : Þe first fische þat comeþ vp, opene his mouþe & þou schalt fynde a stater.
c
- (1216) Close R.Tower 1257 : Ailwardus Stater.
- (1253) Close R.Hen.III453 : Robertus le Statere.
- (1254) Close R.Hen.III124 : Willelmus Statere.
- (1257) Close R.Hen.III104 : Robertus le Stater.