(a) To set (sth.) in motion; pluck or pull (the string of a bow); brandish (a weapon), wield, swing; also, take (a step); ~ aboute; ppl. stirede, of a leaf: shaken (by the wind); (b) to move (a limb, bodily part, etc.); also fig.; shake (the head) in scorn or disapproval; move (the tongue or lips) in speaking or murmuring; of a bird: flap (its wings); ~ fot (honde), take or get into action; ~ honde either fot, move hand or foot, undertake or do anything; (c) to use (one's voice) in speech; ~ togeder, ?cause (the heart) to beat; (d) of a storm: to toss (a ship); (e) ben (worthen) stirede, of a place, land, a planet, etc.: to shake, quake, tremble; also, of a humor: be astir or in motion; ben stirede togeder; ppl. stirede, of a person: shaken, unsteady, swaying.

(a) To change the location of (sth.), move, shift; dislodge (sth.); also in prov. saying [quot. a1450 Yk.Pl.]; also, cause (a horse) to move; ~ awei; ~ from (o, of, oute o, oute of), move (sth.) from (a position or site); also, move (mountains) from (one place to another); ben stirede, be moved or shifted; also, of the foot: be moved (from a place), budge; of mountains or hills: be shaken (from their positions); of the land, a place: quake; (b) to transport (sb.); row (a boat); ben stirede, of persons: be removed from a place; also, of a sound: be conveyed; ben stirede from (of), be exiled from (a place); be removed from (a place); be removed from (God); (c) to distract (sb.); distract (sb. from an activity); also, ?disrupt or disturb (an activity).

(a) Of a person, an animal, fish, etc.: to move; be alive; ppl. stiringe, moving; also, of bodily members or organs: having movement; (b) of objects: to have motion, move; of cloth, the wings of a bird: flutter; of a harp string: vibrate; ?of a stick: beat or flail about; ppl. stiringe as adj., of stones: loose; (c) of a bodily part: to move; of the mouth: move in eating [quot. a1450]; of the heart: pound, throb; of voices: sound; (d) of blood, a humor, saliva, etc.: to be in motion, flow; (e) of water: to be in motion; of the sea: churn; of a place, earth, etc.: shake, quake.

(a) To move about; of a serpent: writhe; ~ to and (ne) fro; ppl. stiringe, moving about; (b) to be active or busy, take action; ~ aboute; ~ with no strife, ?take no hostile action; (c) ppl. stiringe, of persons, the soul, life, desire: busy, active, agile; also, ready or inclined to travel [quot. ?a1425]; of appetite: ?hearty; of animals: wild, fierce; frisky; of money: circulating, current; stiringe hors, a courser; (d) to be vigorous or energetic in battle; take action in fighting; agitate or rise in rebellion or war; ~ ayen, contend against (sb. or sth.).

Refl. (a) To bestir oneself; move itself; move about; be active or busy, get into action; also fig.; also, bestir oneself (to do sth.); (b) to exert oneself in combat, enter into fighting; ~ aboute; (c) ?to contend (with sb.) intellectually.

(a) To set off, go, depart; ?approach [quot. a1500 GRom.]; move (toward sb.), turn (to sb.); go (to some place or sth.), move; -- also refl.; proceed (to battle); turn (toward sin or virtue); also, of a ship: set sail; ~ awei-ward, of stench: move away, dissipate; ~ up, of a whale: rise up to the surface of the sea; (b) ~ from (of, oute of), to move from (a place); -- also refl.; fig. leave (the school of love); forsake (sin); ~ forth oute of; (c) ben stirede, to turn aside or veer off (from a path or road); turn away (from God); also, come (from a place) [quot. a1400]; (d) of a heavenly body: to move in its course; -- also refl.; (e) fig. to make one's way through (spiritual hardships), deal with.

(a) To stir a mixture; stir (a broth, mixture, etc.); also, mix (ingredients, sth. with sth. else) by stirring; -- also without obj.; also, beat (cream or butter); ~ togeder; (b) to agitate (a body of water); of a storm or wind: churn up (the sea, water, waves); ~ up; ppl. stirede, of water: turbid; (c) to stoke (coals), poke; ?move (bones) around, ?rub; also, plow (land); (d) to grind (sth. into powder); ?crush (sth.); ppl. stirede, pulverized.

(a) To rise from sickness; rise (from a sickbed or sleep); rouse (sb., a lion cub) from sleep or death; refl. rouse oneself (from a sickbed); rise from the dead; ~ up, ?recover from (a state of unconsciousness); (b) to rouse or start (a game animal); also, urge on (a horse); drive (an ox); chase away (an insect); also, glossing L ciere [quot. a1425]; (c) to stimulate (sb., a bodily organ, bodily humor, appetite, etc.); of a medicine: stimulate (a bodily organ, heat in the body); have an effect on (sb.); also, stimulate (sb.) in the stomach, induce (sb.) to vomit [1st quot.].

(a) To affect (sb.) emotionally; stir up (someone's feelings); of emotions or feelings: be aroused [quot. a1400]; ben stirede, be affected emotionally, be moved; be excited; of God: flare up (in anger); (b) ~ to (in-to, til), to provoke (sb., God, the heart) to (anger); also, move someone to (joy, pride, etc.) [quot. ?c1430]; stiringe to, ?provoking someone to (wrath), infuriating someone; stirede to, moved to (despair, envy, anger); stirede with (bi, thurgh), provoked with (anger, fear, etc.); moved by (pity, mercy, etc.); (c) to provoke (sb., the body or flesh) sexually; ~ to (unto), arouse someone to (lechery, carnal sin); also, arouse (sb., the body, etc.) to (lechery, carnal sin, etc.); ppl. stirede, of the flesh: provoked (to lechery); of a person or his body: aroused (with fleshly desire, bodily temptation, etc.); (d) ?to anger (sb.), irritate; (e) to arouse (anger, malice, suspicion, lechery, etc.); also, provoke (laughter); ppl. stirede, aroused, provoked.

(a) To trouble (sb., the heart), upset; frighten (sb.); disquiet (one's wits); ~ togeder; ~ from the foundementes, torment or distress (sb.) to the core of his being; ~ up, ?be disquieted or troubled; (b) ben stirede, to be troubled or upset; be disturbed (that sb. should do sth.); ben stirede in, ?be frightened of (sth.); ppl. stirede, uneasy, anxious; frightened; of chastity, maidenhood: threatened.

(a) To exhort; urge, coax, persuade; prompt or inspire an action; exhort a person (to be friendly); ~ to, inspire a person to (love, devotion, etc.); also, exhort a person to (sth.); (b) ppl. stiringe, inspiring.

(a) To prompt (sb.) to some action; inspire (someone's heart); move (sb. or the soul) spiritually; ~ up; (b) to inspire or spur (sb., his heart, soul, etc. to good deeds, devotion, virtue, etc.); also in fig. context [1st quot.]; ?direct (someone's heart or mind to God); (c) to prompt (sb., God, the heart to do sth.), exhort, encourage; -- also refl.; induce (sth. to do sth.); ?direct (one's steps to walk somewhere); urge (sb. that he or she do sth.); ~ up; ben stirede, be spiritually moved (to do sth.); also, strive or endeavor (to do sth.) [quot. a1450]; (d) ?to entice (sb. away from sth.); (e) to inspire (mercy, love, spiritual devotion, etc.).

(a) To incite (sb.) to some action, goad; incite (sb. or his inclinations against another); (b) to incite (sb., one's body, the mind, etc. to misdeeds, sin, etc.); ben stirede, be provoked (to strife, misbehavior, etc.); (c) to incite (sb., the heart, or an animal to do sth.), provoke (the flesh to be troublesome); (d) to instigate (strife, trouble, quarreling, etc.), provoke; incite (persecution, vengeance, etc. against sb.).

(a) To rule; govern (people); (b) ?to overcome (sb.); (c) to affect the belief or conduct of (sb.), sway, influence; also, ?change (sth.); ppl. stiringe, inconstant, fickle.

(a) To propose (sth.); ~ of; (b) to raise (a question); bring forward (an argument), discuss (a matter), tell (a tale); also, present (an example) [1st quot.]; (c) ben stirede, of thoughts or ideas: to revolve or be present (in one's mind or heart); (d) impers. it stired in-to, it occurred to (someone's mind that he should do sth.).

To search (in books), read.

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