Middle English Dictionary Entry
stẹ̄ren v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | stẹ̄ren v.(2) Also (early) ster, steoren & stēre. |
| Etymology | OE stēran |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To burn or offer incense; (b) to treat (a sick person with the smoke or fume of a burning medicinal substance or preparation); suffuse or perfume (sb.) with incense.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Euery day (Sln 2593)p.226 : Loke that thou non thing stere [rime: bere].
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)53/14 : Ster hine mid þara wyrt þa man aristologiam nemneð.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)139/13 : Nim þisse wyrt twiȝu, befeald on wulle, ster þanne man..þarmid.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)45 : Me schal ham steoren mid guldene chelle.