Middle English Dictionary Entry
stōle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stōle n. Also stoele, stolle, (early) stol & (error) scole; pl. stoles, etc. & stolus & (?errors) sco(o)lis. |
| Etymology | OE stole, stol & L stola; also cp. OF estole, AF stole. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A long garment; a robe; -- also coll. [quot. a1398]; stoles of bataille, war garments, armor; first ~, the best robe; (b) fig. and in fig. contexts; (c) the robe of a Jewish priest or high priest; prestes ~.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.49 : Men ȝaf to vchon of hem a stole [F estole] & bad þat þai shulden resten hem ȝut a while.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.41.42 : Pharao..cloþide hym a stole of byse.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.14.9 : Ȝunge men clothiden hem in glorie and stoolis of bateil.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 15.22 : Soone bringe ȝe forth the firste stoole [L stolam] and clothe ȝe him and ȝyue ȝe a ring in his hond.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 20.46 : Be ȝe war of scribis that wolen go in stoolis [vr. scolis; WB(2) vr. scoolis] and louen salutaciouns in the cheping.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)129a/b : Chosun men schull be hiȝt wiþ foure manere of stole; of hem it is I-seide in þe apocalips: þey schulle goo wiþ me in white for þey bene worþi.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4689 : Setten hem on heiȝe hors And ȝiuen hem stole and baudry, As men don þe kynges amy.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.70 : Bringe ȝe forþ þe firste stoole and cloþe ȝe him.
- (1441) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3175 : I beseche un to yow..that ye..woll receyve hym..thenkyng on the besaunt, and the oon sheep of an hundred lost and founden, the furste stole..and all the feste that the good fadre made to hys seid sone.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)4383 : Anoon beforn hyr dede apere A whyht stole..She yt took & clad hyr þere-yn.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)113b : We..were efoullewod in þe holy flome Iordan, and tooke yche oon of vs þe whyte stooles [vr. stolus].
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)17/388 : Þat we ben cladde in a snow-whyȝt stole Thorgh þe vertue of þe holy goost.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)29.15 : Penaunce and anguys of dedly body he fordoes, and vmgifs vs when we dye with gladnes of the first stole.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.6.30 : Þe gyues of it shul ben to þee in proteccioun of strengþe, & þe feet of vertue & þe coleeris of it in a stole [vr. stoele] off glorie.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Bar.4.20 : I haue vnclothide me the stole of pese.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Bar.5.1 : Jerusalem, vnclothe thee the stoole of mournynge and of thi traueile.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4705 : Of pese-buȝth was her coroune; Hij waren led aboute þe toune; A wiþþe was her stole.
- c1400 Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)57/1288 : Þey beþ cloþed in duble stole, þat is to seyn, in ioye of body and soule to-gydere in euere-lastynge blisse.
- c1429 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)986 : For in the cote be cledde wald he of oure freelte To cleth vs in the stole of eendles felicitee.
- ?a1450(?c1400) Wycl.LFCatech.(Lamb 408)73/1115 : Ȝif we do þis wel he wyle cloþe oure sowlys..with þe stole of vndedlynesse and blysse of heuyn.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)7/8,9,10,11 : He..shal þere glorifye þe bodye..with þe stoole of vndedlynes..with þe stoole of vnpassibilite..with þe stoole of agilite..and with þe stoole of subtilite.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)51/18 : Then was yeven to vs the scole [read: stole] of innocense and of baptym.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.1.2 : He offrede pasch..ordeynynge preestis bi whijlis of daiys cloþed in stoles in þe temple of þe lord.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.5.45 : To ben ȝyuen in to þe temple þe holi tresorie of werkis eleuen thousend besauntis & prestis stolis an hundrid.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.365 : Pilatus..hadde i-take þe stole of preostehood in to his owne hous and wolde not delyvere hit.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)35/24 : In a grete fest called þe Propiciacioun he presumed for to do upon him þe prestis stole, and for to sense þe auter.
2.
(a) Eccl. A liturgical vestment, consisting of a cloth band worn by a priest or bishop around the neck and hanging from the shoulders in front, or worn by a deacon over the left shoulder, a stole; -- also coll. [quot. a1425]; (b) a similar vestment worn by a Jewish priest.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : Ic gife to cnawlece Sancte Peter min messe hacel & min stol & min ræf, Criste to þeuwian.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)50/1403 : Ine þe ealde lawe beren hy Þe hoche of holy crefte, And nou þe stole a-fongeþ hy Ope here scholder lefte.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1703 : Forth comth the preest with stole aboute his nekke.
- (1413) Will in Bdf.HRS 218 : I wolle..to þt same chirche þe vestement of blak Camoka, þt is to seyne chesuble, ij tunycles..and stooles longing þerto, for to synge þerinne þe day of my Serrement.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)25/138 : Bisschoppes..songen all withouten stole.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)1847 : When þow schalt to seke gon, A clene surples caste þe on; Take þy stole wyth þe.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)180/25 : The stoole strenynge the breste in maner of the cros be-tokenez that he owez not to be schamede of the cros of Criste.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15150 : Item, a payr of Whyte Vestymentes for lent, that is to sey one whyte chesyple, awbe, amys, stool, and the phanol.
- (c1465) Invent.Cirencester in BGAS 18 (Bod 6530)326 : A cope, a chesipil with ij tynyclys, iij stolis, ii phanons with the awbe.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.IVMass (Trin-C R.3.21)153 : The stoole..strechyng fer in leyngth, Ys of doctors the Angelyk doctryne.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)121b : A Stole: Orarium.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.228 : The fanoun, þe stole, and þe gyrdil betokenyn þe boundys with whyche Crist was boundyn..The fanoun betokenyth þe bondys of his handys, þe stole, þe rop, and þe bond þat he was led with to hys deth.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)721/31 : Stola: a stolle.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1581 : Þan fyndis he in þis oþire flote fanons and stolis, Practisirs & prematis, & prestis of þe lawe.