Middle English Dictionary Entry
stọ̄d(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | stọ̄d(e n.(1) Also stud(e, (in place names) stoud. |
| Etymology | OE stōd |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stot n.
1.
(a) A place where horses or other animals are kept; (b) coll. horses; mares; (c) breed, stock; (d) a group of mares or colts; (e) some kind of annual rent, prob. related to the sale of horses; (f) ~ herde, the keeper of a stud; ~ mere [OE stōd-mere], a brood mare; -- sometimes used as a term of abuse or insult; (g) in surnames; (h) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.157].
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)495 : Þe fulue [read: sulue] stottes ine þe stode Boþ boþe wilde & merewode.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3345 : The..tirant..Unto his hors..yaf The men in stede of corn and chaf, So that the hors of thilke stod Devoureden the mennes blod.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)14976 : To ȝone castel ȝe ga..a moder asse ȝe sal þer finde..þe stode [Vsp: sted; Trin-C: place] is ȝonder, lo.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)795 : Vpon a colt com owt of stode..A ȝong man com ryde wyth egre mood.
b
- ?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)35 : Þer nis schepe, no swine, no gote..Noþer harace, noþer stode.
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)840 : Hy were to-drawen y þe [read: wyþe] stude.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.161 : Love..as a cock among the Hennes Or as a Stalon..Which goth amonges al the Stod..takth what thing comth next to honde.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)204/1 : Thys erle..atte [read: alle] the moste Inly streynthes, p[l]aases..wyth moche of hare stode and har cornes..braunt and destruyet.
c
- ?c1335 Whose þenchiþ vp (Hrl 913)p.136 : Asse..Me þenchiþ þou cannist no gode..Þou come of liþer stode.
d
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)770 : Vn harasse de poleyns: A stode of coltes.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)326 : He sawe a full faire stode Offe coltes and of meres gude.
- a1475 in Hodgkin Proper Terms53 : A stode of marys.
e
- (1252-3) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 298 fn. : [A yearly rent, sometimes more, sometimes less, called] stud.
f
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)163/25 : Ich am a ful stod meare, a stinkinde hore.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7730 : On a day it was yseide To Candidus by on stodmere, Candaces son þe ȝongere, [etc.].
- (1404) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100399 : 1 studmer cum pullo.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)367 : The boye was neuer so blythe Als when he herde þe name kythe Of þe stode-mere stythe.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)193/13 : A! ffalse stodmere and stynkand stroye.
- ?c1450 *in List of servants of Fountains Abbey in Ingilby MS.No.25 110 [OD col.] : Rob. West, Studherd.
g
- (1195) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames334 : Vlfus Stodhyrda.
- (1210) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames337 : Hamo de Stodhag.
- (a1240) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms111 : Ad. le Stodehurd.
- (1275) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames337 : Roger Stody.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 107 : Elia de Studdenn.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1036 : Nichol Stodhirde.
- (1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7206 : Thomas de Stodmarelowe.
- (1332) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms112 : Ad. Stodman.
- (c1346) Name in LuSE 3588 : De Stodeley.
- (1481) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames334 : Thomas Stoderd.
h
- (1246-7) EPNSoc.23 (Oxf.)154 : Stodham.
- (1327) EPNSoc.52 (Dor.)43 : Stoudlond.
- (1327) Name in LuSE 3588 : Stodefold.
- (1385) EPNSoc.52 (Dor.)43 : Stodeley.
- (1389) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.114 : [A messuage in a street called] Stodmareknoll.
- a1500(1363) Cart.Boarstall in OHS 88174 : Stoudle.