Middle English Dictionary Entry
stent(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stent(e n. Also stinte. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of extente n. or from OF estent(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An assessed value of land, property, etc.; at o (a) ~, ?valued equally, of equal value; (b) a stipulated number of persons, a fixed number of prayers; an allotted portion of income; a share; a tax, levy [quot. c1450]; ?also, prescribed figures or amounts [last quot.]; setten a ~, to establish a fixed standard with respect to distance, wage, and the like; (c) in phrase: to ~, ?extending from the time when, after [quot. may belong to stenten v.].
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Glo.Chron.A (Add 19677)7678 : Stentes [Clg: Þe king willam..Let enqueri..þoru al engelonde Hou moni plou lond & hou moni hiden al so Were in euerich ssire & wat hii were wurþ þer to & þe rentes of ech toun].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)474 : Stente, or certeyne of valwe..Taxacio.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)769 : I can nat se but all is at o [vr. a] stent, Þe good, þe yll, þe vyce, and eke vertu.
b
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch:Zettl)59/695 : King Hingist..sett a stent riȝt verray Þat a grome schuld gon oday; Jn winter day he schuld go Tventi miles..in somer..He schuld go to & þritti mile, [etc.].
- a1425 Wycl.MCh.(Bod 788)422 : Whanne a prelat dieþ, þe pope wole have his stente of alle þat falliþ to his hous.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)3234 : Anoon were gadryd..maydyns..And ouyr to Vrsula þei were sent; And whan fulfyllyd was þestent Plenerly of hir fyrst askyng, [etc.].
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)9640 : Certeyn vrysouns vsyd yche day she..in no degre Tyl hyr stent were seruyd she ne wolde slepe.
- c1450 Gt.Chron.(Gldh 3313)3 : In this yere the kyng helde his parlement atte London and asked of the Clergie the stente of every Chirche of Englond forto conquere ayen Normandie and Aungeoye.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)51/27 : I had levir than the stynte of my londe a yere that he were on lyve.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)360/7 : I wolde nat, for the stynte [of] my crowne, to be causer to withdraw your hertys.
- a1500(a1400) Libeaus (Lamb 306)1221 : Ther he hadde him qwelled, But that the lorde hym yelde At his will for-to bee, And, by certeyne stente, Tresure, londe, and rentte.
c
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)26089 : Þe nighien and thrittide iere to stent Saint augustine com in to kent, Saint berin in to westesex com.