Middle English Dictionary Entry
stiffelere n.
Entry Info
Forms | stiffelere n. |
Etymology | Prob. from stightelen v.; cp. OFris. stifta & MLG stiften, var. of stichten. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stighteler n.
1.
One who arranges matters, a moderator, mediator.
Associated quotations
- (1473) Paston1.468 : The Kyng ententyth, in eschyewyng all jnconvenyentys, to be as bygge as they bothe, and to be a styffelere atwyen them.