Middle English Dictionary Entry
stodel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stodel n. Also stodul, stoidel, studdul; pl. stotheles, etc. & (?error) stotholtes. |
| Etymology | OE stodl & stodle; for form studdul also cp. ON: cp. OI stuðill. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stathel n., stod(e n.(2), stoth(e n.
1.
(a) A post, stud; also, naut. some kind of upright prop supporting the deck beam of a ship; -- also coll.; (b) a loom or the framework of a loom; (c) ?a band or thread woven in a fabric marking the end of a section; (d) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1294-6) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1104 : In grosso Meremio empto videlicet vno Cule trab' Curu'..et Minore Meremio empto videlicet Stotheles, Wrang', et alijs necessarijs internis, viij li. vij s. viij d.
- (1351-2) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1104 : In stotholtes [?read: stotholles], xiiij d.; In oleo et rosin, x d.
- (1368) in Parker Gloss.Archit.1449 : In 60 arboribus quercinis emptis pro stoydels et tignis, 25 s.
- (1422-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1104 : In c peciis maeremij pro wronges et stodel precium pecie iiij d., xxxiij s. iiij d.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1421 : For nayles for the knottis and to stodel and to the goter, xxij d. Y paide to Amys Codan for stodel, viij d.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)476 : Stodul [Phil: Studdul], or stedulle, of wevynge: Telarium.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)89/322a : Nomina rerum pertinencium vxor..stodarium: stodell.
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)474 : Stemyne, or stodul, or stothe yn a webbyshonde [Win: webbys eend]: Forago.
d
- (1290) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.430 : Richard Stodel.