Middle English Dictionary Entry

stōr(e n.(1)
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Note: Cp. astor n.
1.
(a) Provisions; supplies; possessions, goods; also fig. [quot. a1420]; ded ~, movable property (other than livestock); (b) ~ of hous (hous-hold), household provisions or goods; chirche(s ~, provisions or goods of a church; (c) ~ fe, a customary tax on the land or chattels of a villein which was paid to a lord; (d) quantity, amount; with al here ~, completely, thoroughly; (e) in verb phrases: chesen for ~, of God: to choose (sb.) for (his own) use or purposes; kepen for (to) ~, keep (sb. or sth.) for (one's own) possession or usage; taken to (unto) ~, take (sb.) into (one's own) possession, take for (one's own) use.
2.
Livestock, animals; ~ of catel (fe), bestes of ~.
3.
(a) A stored or saved amount of provisions, possessions, etc.; a store of foodstuffs; a supply of something; also fig. [quots. a1420 & a1500(?c1450)]; a hoard of money; pl. necessary supplies of wood; (b) a treasure, an amount of riches or precious goods; also fig.; (c) a group of people or animals; the olde ~, the old stock, the elders; (d) in proverbs.
4.
(a) Storage; reserve; in ~, in reserve; in storage; also fig.; also, in someone's keeping [quot. a1500(a1460)]; gaderen to ~, to hoard money or goods; gaderen unto ~, hoard money; also, hoard (sth.); haven in ~ within him, keep in mind (properties of ointments); (b) ~ bord, ?a table used for storing goods; ~ hous, a building used for storage; also fig. [quot. c1400]; (c) a storeroom; (d) kepen in ~, fig. to keep (sth.) secret; (e) ?a place of origin, source.
5.
(a) Value, merit; holden (tellen) no ~ of, to put no stock in (sth.), regard as of no value; maken no ~, make no objection; it is no ~, it is of no account, it is not important; of min lif is no ~, my life is of no account; (b) setten ~, with inf.: to want (to do sth.), consider it important (to do sth.); setten ~ bi, put stock in (sb. or sth.), esteem; setten more ~ bi, value (sth.) more highly; setten ~ of, put stock in (sth.), value; setten litel ~ of, value (sth.) lightly; care little about (sth.); setten at litel ~, value (sth.) lightly, hold in low esteem.