Middle English Dictionary Entry
stọ̄̆ken v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | stọ̄̆ken v.(2) P. stọ̄̆ked, -et, stocked; ppl. stocked. |
| Etymology | From OF estoquer, estocer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To stab or pierce someone; thrust with a weapon; (b) to stab (sb.), pierce; (c) to nail (sb. to a cross); (d) to thrust (sb.) with force.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2546 : No man therfore, vp peyne of los of lyf, No maner shot ne polax ne short knyf Into the lystes sende or thider brynge, Ne short swerd for to stoke with poynt bitynge.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)7623 : Þe king stoket [Goöt: smat] at him wiþ a spere.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2554 : Full stowttly þey stryke, thire steryn knyghttes, Stokes at þe stomake with stelyn poyntes.
- a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)60/13 : How þat ȝong fiȝteres mote be tauȝt to foyne and to stoke, and nouȝt to smyte.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4615 : Þan was Char[lis] wonder grym, And aȝeyn hym renneþ & stokeþ hym By-twene ys browes rowe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24356 : Wit spere þai stoked him wit wrang.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)7667 : Þe king þen hent a sper..to stoke him þorou-out þe wagh.
c
- c1400 PLove (Hrl 2254)64/20 : He [Christ] was taken & bounden as a prysoner and stockid [vr. nayled] to þe cros for vs.
d
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)13 : Þrow Pylat pyned he was..beten with scourgis..Suþ stoked hym on a stole with styf Mannes hondis.