Middle English Dictionary Entry
stōr(e n.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | stōr(e n.(1) Also stoer, storre, stour(e, (16th cent.) stower & ? stọ̄re & (error) scor. |
Etymology | From OF estor, estour, AF estore, estorr, estoer, stor(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8138 : Þe cristinemen adde þer þe maistrie & tresour founde & stor inou.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3661 : Merlin..dede þerin flesches and selt And oþer store of mele and win.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)63/1295 : Þe palmer nas nouȝt wiþouten store, Inouȝ a leide him be-fore Bred and flesc out of is male.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)456 : Þei come bi tholomers tentes vn-housed hem sone, Token holliche his stor and a-wei streiȝten.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.326 : Sore þei were trauailed & socour com þam non & alle þer store failed, þer mete was nere gon.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2145 : She..þouȝt she wolde for no þing be vnsure Of puruyaunce, nor with-oute stoor: She ȝaf anoon..Hooly hir herte vn-to Diomede.
- (1430) EEWills85/12 : To Richard Soler alle necessarijs longynge to housold of dede store, saue a grete brasse potte.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2710 : Coveytyse..wyl þe feffen ful of store.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11056 : I sall make to my sun and me a lytyll cake of all our stoure [vr. store].
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)128/23 : Whan þou seruaunt stelyst in house mete & drynke, henne or chekyn, or oþer stoor..it is thefte.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)121b : Store: Staurum.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)821 : Somer horsys he let go before, And charyettes stuffud wyth stoore.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2127 : We are..Wele viteld..Stuff of al maner store þat vs strenght may.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)112/405 : If I have store, anye thinge, that must I paye unto the kinge.
b
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)387 : For beof ne for bakoun, ne for swich stor of house, Unnethe wolde eny don a char, so were theih daungerouse for wlaunke.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6349 : Þe store of hous..Falleþ weyl to an husbande.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)354 : Who made þe so bold For to stroye my stoor of myn houshold?
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)39/21 : Hungur dispisiþ no maner of mete..Haue he a mes potage & stor of houȝse, him þinkith he hath a feste be þe wombe ful.
- (1447) EEWills131/21 : I bequethe to my wyfe all my store of howsold of beddyng, helyng, Costurs of hallys and chambrys and kechyn.
- (1454) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15157 : The same procurators receyued of Dauid Englond & Richard Bransby..of the arrerages of theyr accomptes & the churche is store, iiij li. xj s. iiij d.
- (1454) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15162 : The whiche goodes ben left for the churche stoore.
- a1500 PFulham (Jas 43)172 : Many men byn nowe so lekerous That they can not leve by store of howse, As brawne bakyn or powderd beef.
c
- (1272-3) in Davenport Nrf.Manorp.xxx : De x s. de scorfe [read: storfe] ad Natale Domini de leta de Hadesco.
- (c1273) Hundred R.Tower 2491 : Quilibet predictorum [customary tenants] dabit xiij d. nomine Storefe.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.210 : [An aid of bondmen called] storfe [worth 13 l. 6 s. 8 d. yearly].
- (1390) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.161 : [The villeins' aid called] Storfee.
d
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)919 : Of the Reede medycine he had grete store.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2268 : Freshire liquour..wil nevir consume ne waste; Thof it be occupied evirmore, It wil nevir be lasse in store.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2681 : Thus endith the subtile werk with al hire store.
e
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.25 : Þe eorle..took þe mayde to his owne store [L suis..usibus puellam applicuit].
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)89/226 : Loke what he haþ sent þe here, And þenne þat þou bisi be To dele aboute..To alle..þat eny neode haue þerto, ffor hit was take þe not þerfore To kepe to þin owne store.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2363 : Ther ben lovers of such emprise That schapen hem to be relieved Where it is wrong to ben achieved: For it is other mannes riht, Which he hath taken..To kepe for his oghne Stor.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2337 : This false thef Hath..made hire for to be Ful pryvely in prisoun everemore, And kepte hire to his usage and his store.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)3259 : Iubiter..took Europe vn-to his stoor.
- c1460 Dub.Abraham (Dub 432)246 : God haþe chose þe for his owne store.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)8563 : Thys, the blyssyd saphyr trewe..Kep hyt for thyn owne stoor, ffor yt saueth euery soor.
2.
Associated quotations
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.598 : His lordes sheep, his neet, his dayerye, His swyn, his hors, his stoor, and his pultrye Was hoolly in this reues gouernynge.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.365 : Fastynge drynken of this welle a draughte..Hise bestes and his stoor shal multiplie.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2447 : Fra þair store bigan to sprede þe pastur þam bigan to knede.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)1517 : Iobal was his eldest sone stoer of fee he dalt wiþ.
- (1439) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.517 : She shal hav al my deyerie and other bestes of stor and my porcerie.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)72 : Þare was sessid in his hande..Faire bares in þe playnes And mekill tame store.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)5956 : Dauid styll at home con dwell in feld with his fader store.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)129/400 : Now wold I we soght, This morne, That we had all oure store.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)51 : Yeff ye haue eny londe where vpon is store off catell may be norished..let it be stored aftur þt it may bere.
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.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11900 : Hii suore hii nolde ȝelde þe castel..So wel hii were astored of eche gode store.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)182/3904 : Tresor he nadde namore Þan half a mark of olde store.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)35.299/75 : He..asked him..wher al þe stor of penies ware.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5261/6 : Pro xxxv mannis ab ipso emptis ibidem pur le store.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)287a/a : Þe amptes..maken prouysioun and gaderen stoore aȝeins tyme þat comeþ.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.3063 : It neded hem no wepers for to here, Þei hadde I-nowe of her owne stoor.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)303 : Poul wolde no bischop haue eny stoor of bokis neither money forto bie or lete make therwith eny bokis.
- a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)109/9 : Þe sege may dure lenger þan þi stoore of vitailes wil laste.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1756 : He vndyde his tresore And bought bestes to his store; He let bothe salte and slene Three thousande oxen and kene, Swyne and shepe so many also.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.37/27 : We haue i-grauntid also..to þabbot and chanons..that they..with-oute..daunger of þe forsters..maye take and carye here storys with-oute occasion and lette.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.177 : To ledyn her lust all here lyff-daies In quentise of cloþinge for to queme sir Pride, And euere-more stroutynge and no store kepe.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)1657 : Knyghtys and ladyes came belyfe, Wondur sore wepeande..Sche glyste vp wyth þe hedeows store; A sorowfull wakenyng had sche þore.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)170/16 : The ampte purueith..his store in the season of somer anempste the hardnes of the colde wynter.
b
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)147/39 : Þerfore þilke þat God wil holde for his store moste suffre here angres & diseses.
- a1450(1410) This holy tyme make (Dgb 102)181 : Arraye ȝow wel þerfore To resceyue god, ȝoure soules store.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1451 : Synne, þou art a sory store. Þou makyst Mankynd to synke sore.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)1994 : And [read: An] arke..þei suld do make, þer in to hold þat holy store.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14110 : Of gold god had hym sent to mend with mony a store, Rych robys and ryall rent.
- c1460 Dub.Abraham (Dub 432)216 : She was wont to calle me hir tresoure and hir store.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)847 : Vche saule..Is to þat Lombe a worthyly wyf And þaȝ vch day a store he feche, Among vus commez non oþer [read: nouþer] strot ne stryf.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)114/456 : Ye ar of the old store.
- 1607 Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)465/47 : I will..offer sacrifice..for of these beastes that bene hise, offer I will this stower [rime: honoure].
d
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)261 : An old prouerbe is it: Stoor is not soor.
- a1500(1471) *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)1778 : Multyplye thyne medecyne more & more, for wyssemene seythe store is no sore.
- a1500 Of honny (Magd-C F.4.19)46 : Of honny and galle In Loue ther is store; the honny is smale, but the galle is more.
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.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Þe king of heuen (Hrl 913)p.123 : He nold þat aliue nere None so riche..so he hauiþ more, Þe faster he gaderiþ to store.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.17 : Youre termes, youre colours, and youre figures, Kepe hem in stoor til so be ye endite Heigh stile.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5577 : Pers was..a nygun..And gadred pens vnto store, As okerers doun aywhore.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6115-17 : Þys ermyte..seyd he wulde gader to store Tyl eftsones he had nede more; He gadred vn-to store fast, Þat hys purs he fylled at þe last.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6244 : Loke..executore, Ȝyf þou haue ȝyt hold yn store Þat þou oghtest for to haue ȝyue.
- (1423-4) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7815 : For xxiiii lib. of wex..of the wheche ys y-lefte yn store xii lib. of wex.
- (c1447) Let.Midylton in Lin.NQ 16197 : At seyd places ye wroght me never hou mekyll corn I had yn store nothyr hou lityll.
- a1450(1401) For drede (Dgb 102)67 : What is a kyngdom tresory? Bestayle, corn stuffed in store, Riche comouns, and wyse clergy.
- a1450 In my conscience (Dgb 102)13 : Nas neuere bargayn derrere bouȝt, Man! is þe laft no loue in store?
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)3210 : He charged Sir Bryer..To kepe the Relikes..And bringe hem safe to Parys, There to a-bide in store [rime: tresour].
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)567 : God haþ mercies y-now in stoore For a þousand worldis þat mercie wole crie.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)1003 : All þe goodys þou hast in store Xulde not profyght so moche wan þi body ys closyde.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)119/86 : Som men wyll have two wyfys, and som men thre In store.
- c1500(1446) Morstede Surgery (Hrl 1736)108 : Yt ys nedfull to a surgyne hau thus many propertes of oyntmenttes in stour with in hym.
b
- (1348) *Acc.Exch.K.R.470/18.m.9 [OD col.] : Pro vna serura noua empta pro hostio del storhus, vj d.
- (1396) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.116 : [In] le storhous: [a great brass] morter.
- (1400-1401) *Acc.R.Abbotsbury : [Repairs to] gutur subtus le Storehous.
- c1400 Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)55/1216 : Let hym be þy stoorhous, let hym be þy tresour-hows..let hym be to þe alle þyng in alle maner nyede.
- (1427-8) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)169 : There is left in the groceris place In diuerse stoor boords stapulton stoon and crestable.
- (1434-5) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7834 : For dychttynge of the storre huse.
- (1454) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)355 : In the Stoor Hovs..ij gret treyes Standardis for morter..j Seve for lyme.
- (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum15 : In the clansyng of the plumar house and store hous, vj d.
c
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)36/822 : Men vnkek [read: vnlek] gate and halle dore, Barouns entrede in a store.
- (1442) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 7115 : Randof Sout' & Ric. Dorton..have i chest locked placed in their store.
d
- a1500(1471) *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)1754 : Kepe yu yis secrete vnto thyn-selfe in store.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1223 : In oure growndede mater ij kyndis be; But how to fynde them he kepte þat in store.
e
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)117/60 : Þe wylle þat hys in paradys..Wyþ here stremes foure..orneþ out ouer al þat londe; Nys neuer erþlyche man þat fond Hou fele come of þe stoure.
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.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Off alle floures (Vrn)91 : In eorþly loue is luytel store, For al þat nis but vanyte.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4344 : I ne telle of laxatyues no stoor.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.203 : How pitously a nyght I made hem swynke..I tolde of it no stoor.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2114 : It sitteth nat a womman lyue alone; It is no stor but þei haue more þan oon.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)4 : For hem þat hold no store Of wisdom..but to foly Leyd wit & lustis.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)564 : But ye do aftur my rede, Certenly, y am but dede: Of my lyfe ys no store.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1103 : For almis I wil make no store.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3020 : In etyng, drinkyng, and in couetyse Is her studie..Of riȝt nouȝt ellis sted [read: sette] þei no store.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1984 : Of this regne he set but lityl stor.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)146/18 : Of alle þese disceitis sche schulde sette no stoore, but contynue in deuoute praieris.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)37/24 : To the iugement in no wise holde the Of Migdas..be his councel set thou no store.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)45/18 : He scholde sette more store be the vertues of the soule than to delite him in bodily delites.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)77/16 : We schulde not al-oonly sett store to haue good conscience, but..we schulde take good heede þat we dide noo þing þe which myȝte com to yvil suspecion to oure stedfast breþir.
- a1450(1413) Glade in god call (Dgb 102)28 : Þouȝ all here gold were hider brouȝt, I wolde set hit at lytel store.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)46/15 : He setteth no more store bi all temperall goodes þan he doth bi foule stingking filth.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)440 : This Sheep..Set litill stoor of swerd or arwis keene.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)25/92 : Bi me he settis no store and I am his soferan.