Middle English Dictionary Entry
stinting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | stinting(e ger. Pl. stintinggis. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Stopping, ending, termination; pause; a stop; assuaging of anguish; withouten (ani) ~, ceaselessly, continuously; ben upon a ~, hunt. of the hounds: to come to a stop when the scent is lost [cp. stint n.(1) (d)]; (b) ~ of the sonne, the time of the summer or winter solstice; (c) a medicine that stops tears from flowing; (d) the act of standing or holding still; (e) hindrance.
Associated quotations
a
- 1372 Ȝe suln (Adv 18.7.21)p.54 : Ȝe suln turnen to God..lestendliche withouten ony stinting.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)67a/a : Hoornes..is quenchinge and passinge of fleischlich likinge, stintinge & fleynge [read: sleynge] of vices & likynge of childehode, & endynge of þis lif.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.1 : Þorgh out Chestreschire werre gan þei dryue; Had þei no styntyng, bot þorgh alle þei ran.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 Thes.2.13 : We þankeþ God wiþ-outen stuntynge.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.7.36 : The seconde deth he clepeth as here the styntynge of the renoun of fame.
- c1429 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)4502 : Alle shalle thay be in joye þat neuer shalle have styntyng.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)476 : Styntynge [Add: styntynggys; Win: Styntyn]..Pausacio, descistencia.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)83/6 : Þat fyre þat is sett in stree..anon with-out traveyll or styntynge it renneþ swyftely fro þe on ende to þe oþur.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)139/4142 : The hondis smoþe, þe sidis streiȝt..Hit is my craft when ye are fer away To muse þeron in styntyng of my payne.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)182 : Cirtes is propre wil that as a sond assembled maketh an hil in the see bi whiche whan a wawe cometh it muste make a stintinge.
- c1450 Primer TDeum (Dc 275)239 : To thee cherubyn and ceraphin crien with voice with outen stentinge.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.22.15b : Þou schalt lufe vertues and klennes and disiren hem wiþouten stintinge.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.30.25a : In decision & styntyng of alle maner striff, I take al the meriteis, [etc.].
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)201/27 : Seynt Paule Sayth, 'Sine intermissione orate,' that is to Say, 'pray ye wythout any Styntynge.'
- a1500 Treat.Hunt.(Cmb Ll.1.18)52/157 : Blowe xii motez fo[r] she es femelye, and yff your houndez bene vpon a styntyng, ȝe shall speke as ȝe do to þe fox.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.327 : In þe norþ side of þat lond meny nyȝtes in þe somer tyme aboute þe styntynge of þe sonne, þe sonne goþ nouȝt doun but schyneþ al nyȝt; and eft as many dayes in þe wynter aboute þe styntynge of þe sonne, the sonne ariseþ nouȝt.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.51 : Þe Olympias bygynneþ at stintynge of þe sonne in þe wynter.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)125a/a : Iuyn..haþ þritty dayes..and is a monthe of stentynge of þe sonne, for in þe myddil þerof þe sonne comeþ in to þe signe..cancer.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)84a/a : Þe teris schal be a-stynt by a restrictorye & stintinge [L restrictorijs].
d
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.309 : At þe meuynge and styntynge of þat boole, þe Egipcians meued and stynte vp on þe erthe.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.101 : Mynstralles..counterfeted þe..dedes..wiþ bendynge and wyndinge and settynge and styntynge of here lemes and here body.
e
- (a1500) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8558 : It was grauntyd ye fore sayd Burgese common pastur to all yr bestes in ye feyldes..wt fre entre and goyng owte to ye mor by a large way..wtowtyn any styntyng.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. stinting.