Middle English Dictionary Entry
stīer(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stīer(e n. |
| Etymology | From stīen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A rider of a horse, camel, etc.; also fig.; ~ up; ~ of the cart, ?a charioteer.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.49.17 : Dan schall..be made..a horned edder in þe paþ, bytyng þe cleen of a horse, þat þe styer-up [vr. steyer up; WB(2): stiere; L ascensor] of hym falle bacward.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.33.26 : Þer ys noon oþer god as þe most riȝt god, þe styȝere of heuene.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 18.23 : I schal ȝifen to ȝou two thousend of hors & seeþ wheþer ȝee mown han steȝeris [vr. steyȝers; WB(2): rideris] vp on hem.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 39.18 : Whan tyme were in heiȝte she rerede out hir weengis, scorneþ þe hors & þe steȝere vp of it [WB(2): his ridere].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.21.7 : He sawȝ a chare of two horsemen, a steȝere of an asse, & a steȝere vp of a camaile.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.21.9 : Lo, þis cam a man, steȝere of þe carte of horse men.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.23.6 : Oolla..wexe woode in to her loueres..alle knyȝtis, or rydynge men, stiers vp of horsis.
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)18 : Equum et assensorem dejecit in mare..þe hors and þe stier he caste doun into þe see.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.503 : The hors and the steghere he kast down in the see..the steghere, that is, the deuyl whaim all ill men berys.