Middle English Dictionary Entry
stẹ̄men v.
Entry Info
| Forms | stẹ̄men v. Also stẹ̄me (?&= stẹ̄me); p. stēmed(e, (early) stēmde; ppl. (N) stīmid. |
| Etymology | OE stēman, stȳman; the form stīmid may be an error for *strimid, p.ppl. of strēnen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a scent: to be emitted; (b) physiol. of the body: to emit or generate vapor; ben stimid, of granules in urine: ?be exhaled or generated; (c) to burn, blaze; of the eyes: gleam, glow; (d) to boil (sth.), seethe or simmer.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)44/35 : Ic geseh þa wlitige swylce culfre astigende ofer streamlicen riðen, & unasecgendlic bræð stemde of hire gyrlen.
b
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)395/362 : Ȝif it sa be þat kynd & myȝt of þe cerebris cach out fra hyt þat mater cald & fleumatyk be þe veynes crogyd doun to þe oþer partys & placys..þan are þa greynes gendyrd & stymyd in þa membris & placys, id est opon þat þai appere hyer or lower.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)146/27 : Þe body is hot vaporabyl, þat it stemyth of myghtynes, noȝt of labour.
c
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.202 : Hise eyen stepe..stemed as a forneys of a leed.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)473 : Stemyn, or lowyn vp: Flammo.
d
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)78/1 : Thyse herbes ben sothen in i galoun of whyt wyn..and afterward put ther-to as mych of hony..set it ouer the fyr and thanne steme hit a litil.