Middle English Dictionary Entry
stenten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | stenten v. Also stent; p.ppl. stent, stented. |
| Etymology | From stent(e n. or extent(e, p.ppl. of extenden v.; cp. extented ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stenden v.
1.
(a) To extend (sth.), spread; (b) to portend (sth.); (c) to establish (sth.), fix; prescribe (a certain number of prayers); also, tax (a church), assess; ppl. stented, ?taxed; ?appraised, valued.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)177 : Biside the cordes that the wylde beste hadde stented in my wey we wenten.
b
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21197 : Þe curse of sternes tentif þai kneu, Wondres comande to scheu of neu, To kyng arthur scheu qwat slik stentes.
c
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21501 : Truage þar fra ek þou withdraghes Þat of britaine to yield es stent.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)24450 : Þe saxons..parte it alle in porcions. Sum of þam es made kyng of kent, So thams partes, it es þar stent.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)474 : Stentyd: Taxatus.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)3529 : He..neuyr dyde blyn tyl..He had performyd..Þe noumbyr to hym þat she dyd stent.
- a1500 Brut-1431(2) (Rwl B.173)453/38 : All the chirches of the ralme shulde be stent at a somme; and the Chirche were at xx li., the paresshens shulde paye xl s.