Middle English Dictionary Entry
stẹ̄ring(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | stẹ̄ring(e ger. |
| Etymology | From stẹ̄ren v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of guiding or controlling the course of a ship, boat, or swimming waterfowl; steering; ~ skulle, an oar used to steer a ship; (b) guidance, direction; also, an admonition; (c) the controlling of a fire; (d) governance, rule; (e) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)451 : Natura Sirene..sipmen here steringe forgeten for hire stefninge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)62b/a : Þe foot..is..nedeful..in foules wiþ hole feet to ledinge, steringe, & reulinge in watres.
- (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI F/2 [OD col.] : j Remus grossus vocatus Sterynge skulle.
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)133 : The forsayd barge, thorow mysgovernance of steryng, ffell upon the pilys.
b
- ?a1425 Wycl.CChron.(2) (Em 85)192/545 : Þis Clemement..translatid þe popis see fro Rome to auenyon, of which translacioun mych wondryng was made wheder it bifelle bi goddis steryng or mannis.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)47/26 : By good ensamplis and be wyse steryngis [F saignes ammonestemens]..in childehoode..a man shall come to grete excellence in all vertues.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)120/32 : The yong men by the steryng and exhortacion of the noble auncientes wer mor apte to naturall pitee.
c
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)56/107 : Shal fyr ben blamed for it brende a foole naturelly, by his own stulty witte in steringe?
d
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3410 : Ietro..tagte him siðen witterlike Vnder him helpes oðere don Ðat folc stering to strenghen on.
e
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1059 : Johanne Steryngman.