Middle English Dictionary Entry
stō̆nd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stō̆nd(e n. Also stand(e & (?error) stando. |
| Etymology | From stō̆nden v.(1); cp. OE stand, stond delay. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Place, position; thurgh londes and stondes, through many places; (b) a fixed position in a battle, a stand; in ~ and stoure, in every kind of battle; (c) hunt. a position from which to shoot a bow; (d) a pilgrimage 'station'; (e) in surnames and place name [see Smith PNElem.2.145].
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1694 : In þe ouermast stage þi self sal be..Siþen efter alþernest hand þe meke beistes sal haue þair stand [Frf: stande].
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)27 : Riȝtwise men..schulen go þoru liȝt of þin arrowis, þat is, of þi þurlinge wordis, þoru londis and stondis, woundinge mennys hertis wiþ þe love of þi lawe.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)249/10 : Come now wyth me and stond on ȝondyr stonde befor þe and loke downeward.
b
- (1392) In the contre (PRO KB 9/144, m.31)116 : Yet wil ilkan..meynten him als his brother, Bothe in wrong and right; And so will we, in stond and stoure, Meynten oure negheboure With al oure myght.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)23021 : For þai þat firste stand wel biginnis, fful ofte es sene, þe bataile winnes.
c
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)107 : Þe maister forstere..oweþ to shewe hym the kyngges stond, and if þe kyng wold stonde with his bowe, and where al þe remenaunt of þe bowes shuld stond.
d
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423:Lucas)p.166 : Synt Gregory .. ordeyned þese staciones ..; it is cleped a stacioun, a stando, for stacioun is as mech to sey as to stand aftir walkyng.
e
- (1272) EPNSoc.20 (Cum.)162 : Heghstand.
- (1311-12) Freeman R.in KRec.18194 : Johannes de Stand.
- (1322-3) in Kristensson ME Top.Terms87 : Joh. del Standbank.