Middle English Dictionary Entry
stirop n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stirop n. Also stirop(p)e, stirrop, stir(h)ap, stirep, stirrippe, stirrup, sterop, sterop(p)e, sterap(e, sterep(e, storop, storrope & (in surname) stirrappe; pl. stiropes, etc. & stiropus, sterop(p)us, sturopes, (error) stiropo. |
| Etymology | OE stig-rāp, stī-rāp. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A stirrup; paire stirop(es, paire del stiropes; (b) ~ iren, the metal part of a stirrup; ~ lether, a leather strap by which the stirrup is attached to the saddle; ?fals ~, some kind of stirrup; (c) her. a representation of a stirrup as a heraldic device.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)67/3 : Ne [þea]rft þu on stirope stonden mid fotan..for þu [scal]t faren al to howe.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)43/758 : To lond he him sette & fot on stirop sette.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)248 : His loreins weren al of seluer, stirapes and spores al-so.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3261 : His stiropo [read: stirops] he made him tine.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3864 : On hors he lepe wiþ-outen stirop.
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)379 : Þe stiropes were of silke wite; Bridel & sadel al was slike.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.35 : His oon foot slood out of þe styrop.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5246/23 : Clerico marescalcie..pro j pare styrop.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1665 : This somnour in his stiropes hye stood.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)170 : His molaynes & alle þe metail anamayld was þenne, Þe steropes..stayned of þe same.
- (1411) in Rec.B.Nottingham 284 : j pari steropps, j d.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)173 : Mi sterap toke þat hende knight.
- (1431-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99231 : 1 par del styroppys et quinque junctur' empt. pro sell. monachal.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)916 : He sterte till his sterepe and stridez on lofte.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2692 : Thane stirttes to his sterape sterynfull knyghttez.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)374 : Robyn rode without stiropis.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.297 : His Foot In the sterope Anon he sette.
- a1450 Simpson Nominale (Simpson)90/196 : Un payr des estrues: stiropus.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3615 : He standis vp in his stereps.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.20 : With steroppus fulle streȝte, stifly he strikes, Waynes atte Sir Wawane.
- c1460 Ipom.(3) (Lngl 257)353/28 : He..withoute stirrop leped vpon his stede.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)195/1378d : Good knyghtis be her styroppis hyng.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)121a : A Stirryppe: Strigilis, Scansile.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)5865 : When his stede was brought agayne, Lyghtly vp he lepe..Off his steropus..He toke but littull kepe.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)987 : Torrent in the storrope stod And prayd to god.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.305 : Our body is our hors..The sadil..schal ben pacience and meknesse..The styropys of þis sadil schul ben lownesse and sadnesse.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)117 : He afficched hym so in the sturopes that the horse bakke bente.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)44/182b : Scansile: a steropp of tre.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)88/321b : Stancile [read: Scancile]: steroppe..Strepa: styroppe.
- c1500 Horse(3) (Hnt HU 1051)1.421 : A horse hath xviij propretees..cloven croped, esy att sterop, and soft beryng.
b
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52242/11 : Clerico marescalcie..pro ij paribus fausteropes et aliis harnisiis pro sellis domini.
- (1394-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103599 : In 2 par. de Stirhaplethirs et 1 pari de Stiraps, 18 d.
- (1405) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.53 : [Twelve pairs of] stiropirnes.
- (1409) MSS Beverley in HMC100 : [None of them shall work tanned leather in pommels and in] stirap-lethirs.
- (1470) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.12092 : Item, that it shall be frome hensfurth levefull to every maister of the saide craft..to make stirrop lethyrs of blak barked lethir.
c
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.5 (Hrl 2169)175 : [Azure] iij steroppys of golde.
2.
(a) A metal footrest in a crossbow; (b) a stirrup-like loop or sling used in treating dislocations; (c) a leather belt passing under a shoemaker's foot and over the knee to hold his work; (d) any iron clamp or support shaped like a stirrup; ~ bond, an iron band shaped like a stirrup for use in ship repair; (e) an iron instrument shaped like a stirrup for scraping; (f) some (?) stirrup-like part of a bell or a mill; (g) glossing L priera (?piera) and perula (?pirula).
Associated quotations
a
- (1371-3) *Acc.Exch.K.R.397/10.m.3 [OD col.] : xviij stirops pro balistis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)76a/a : Þou schalt take a strong arblastre whos stirope schal be bounden riȝt faste to sum oþer piler.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)105a/a : When it [dislocation] is olde, be þe fote honge vp to þe shuldre with a stremb [Ch.(2): loupe], i. stirep.
c
- a1500 Lystyne lordys verament (Lin-O Lat.141)17 : He bequethyd to hys sone..Hys sterop.
d
- (1407) *Acc.Exch.K.R.44/11(1).m.4 [OD col.] : In ij ligaturis ferri vocati steropebandes.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.152/369 : Item, to Nicholas Fuller for j lb. & dj. of yron, yCalled Stiropes, iij d.
e
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)62b/b : Strigilis: an horscomb or a stirop.
f
- (1341-2) Sacrist R.Ely 2118 : In factura ij staplis, iiij stiropis pro noua campana..1 s.
- (1344-5) Doc.Manor in MP 3455 : In ij stiropis pro molendino.
- (1394) *Mun.B.Bridgewater2 : In j carpentario conducto ad faciendum Stirrup secunde campane, iij s.
- (1474) Acc.in North Bells Nhp.371 : Item, payd to Robert Stokton for makyng of a storop to the sayd bell, iij d.
- (1476-78) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.3231 : Item, payed to Rolf the Smyth for A Styrop for the bell.
- (1478-80) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.3237 : Payde for a Styrope, ij bolsters and the nayles, xij d.
g
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)81/316b : Priera, perula: steropp.
3.
In surnames and place name [see Smith PNElem.2. 152].
Associated quotations
- (1200) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames334 : Rannulf de Stirap.
- (1236) Close R.Hen.III253 : Alicia Stirap'.
- (1268) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames334 : John Stirapp.
- (1280) Nickname in LuSE 55172 : Ric. Stirrappe.
- (1303) Nickname in LuSE 55171 : Al. Straytstirop'.
- (1352) Nickname in LuSE 55172 : Joh. Styrop.
- (1414) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)98 : Sterapp.