Middle English Dictionary Entry
stithī(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | stithī(e n.(1) Also stihthi, stiththi, stidi(e, studẹ̄, (chiefly N) stethi(e, steti, stedi & (error) sthethi. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI steði, (gen. & in cpds.) steðja. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stith n.
1.
(a) An anvil; also fig.; ~ makere; ~ stok, a block on which an anvil is set; crok (croked) ~, an anvil for shaping curved implements; planishing ~, an anvil used to planish metal; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1284) in Salzman Building in Engl.347 : [A block for the] stythistok.
- (1295) *Acc.Exch.K.R.5/8.m.2 [OD col.] : Et viij d. in vno Stithi et Stithistockes portando de domo Walteri de Hessey in Mickelgate..et iij d. in quod ligno quod vocatur stithistok portando extra civitatem ad galeam.
- (1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.296 : De..Folcardo de Lithesketh pro acero stithies, quernestones, et lapidibus molaribus, val. cccc ix, [cust.] cii s. iii d.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1392 : A toke þe wei in to þe smithye, A brac þe ire on þe stidie [vrr. stethy, sthethi], A brac it in pecis þre, Þer of schold þe nailes be.
- (1333) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2921 : In curia..j stethi ferreus.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)507 : Tenailes, enclume, et fow: Tonges, stethie, and bely.
- (1373) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2963 : In domo fabri..j herthestaf, j nayletule, j crokestithy.
- (1374) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.lxxvi : In domo fabri: j par de belyse..j stety minoris.
- (1374) Will York in Sur.Soc.492 : Lego Willielmo consanguineo meo unum magnum stythy, unum planyssch [?read: planyssching] stythy, unum tayng.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 41.15 : His herte shal ben inwardly hardid as a ston & shal ben streyned as þe stiþie [WB(2): anefeld] of an hamer betere.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.9 : [A forge on the common worth with a] stythie, [hammers and other smiths' tools, 4 s. yearly].
- (1397) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.440 : De Margareta Durdreght pro i barello cum speculis, i stedy, ii flaketz, et haberdassh, val. vii.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.108 : [A] studee [called] onefeld [worth 13 s. 4 d.].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23237 : Of hell pine..þe fifte es vndemnes dint, þat þai wreches þare sal hint, Als it war dintes on a steþi þat smythes smittes in a smeþey.
- (1412-13) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103610 : In 1 stedy et 1 pare belowys et tangys empt., 19 s. 7 d.
- (1416-17) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2992 : In custodia fabri..j stythy..j par de tangis, j crokyd stythy.
- (c1422) Hoccl.Dial.(Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)440 : Trustith wel this pourpos is nat sodeyn; Vp-on my wittes stithie hath it be bete Many a day.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)381/6 : My sone..took þat keye of obedience out of þe fenne..& makide it briȝt wiþ þe swerd of riȝtwiisnes, rubbynge away ȝoure wickidnes vpon þe stithþi of his blessid body.
- (1445) Will York in Sur.Soc.30116 : Unum stethy de ferro, vocato byghorn, unum slek trough, et unum forehamer.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)7006,7009 : In þe middis of this ston behelden they..a merveillous Stythy..and jn þe middis of this Styhthy þer was a Fayr Swerd pyhte.
- (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30214 : Lego..Johanni Pudsay, goldsmyth, j planysshing stithy.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)121a : A Stidy: Incus.
- c1480 *Medulla (Pep 2002)101b : Incus: a stethy.
- -?-(1413) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96120 : Ric. Mathew, stethymaker.
b
- (1246) Assize R.Lan.in LCRS 4763 : William Stythy; John le Potter; William le Carpenter.