Middle English Dictionary Entry
stot n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stot n. Also stot(t)e, stat; pl. stot(te)s, stothis, (errors) stostis, scottes. |
| Etymology | LOE stott & AL stottus; for sense 1.(a) cp. ONorw. stūtr bull, and for sense 2 cp. AL stotta heifer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. scot n.(3), stod(e n.(1).
1.
(a) A bullock, steer; also fig.; bole ~ [some quots. in (a) may belong in (b) and vice versa]; (b) a horse, esp. one used for plowing; also, a stallion; also, the name of a horse; (c) ~ rop, a rope for a horse; stottes stable, a stable for bullocks or horses.
Associated quotations
a
- (1251) Chart.R.PRO1.373 : [For twenty oxen or] stottes [or as many cows without young].
- (1359-60) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.xxxvi : Item, pro instauro xx vaccæ, j taurus, vij stothys duorum annorum, iij juvencæ ejusdem etatis.
- (1363-4) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.lxiv : In xxiiij bobus et stottes emptis, uno equo empto..xix l. iij s. vj d.
- (1374) Halmote R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.82124 : De Waltero Bischopp quia permisit Willelmo Fuler ammovere xij stots et qwyis et omnia bona et catalla.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.91 : [6] stottes [worth half a mark each, 3 steers worth 2 s. 6 d. each].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10386 : To godd þe lambes he gaf to lottes, And to þe pouer þe bul scottes [read: stottes; Goöt: stostis].
- (1416-17) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2991 : In bovaria: Item remanent ibidem xx boves pro aratris, j taurus trium annorum, ij stottis iij annorum..viij stottys duorum annorum, x stirkis unius anni.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)10b/b : Bucullus: a stote [Cnt: A stott or a stere].
- (1438-9) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9968 : Empcio boum et vaccarum: In primis in 20 Stottez emp. de Roberto Strangwas, prec. cap. 9 s. 9 li.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)92 : Us es noghte levyde A stotte unto ȝoure plowghe!
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4267 : Hald we no hors for na harow ne na horned stottis.
- a1456 Of alle þe craftes (Add 16165)p.37 : Of my ploughe þe best stott is balle.
- (1471) Will York in Sur.Soc.45188 : Lego..Johanni, filio meo, ij stottys with schorthornes; Johanni Webster, a smal horned stott.
- a1475 in Hodgkin Proper Terms54 : A Dysworschype of stottys.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)133/518 : Com and rype oure howse and then may ye se..If I any shepe fott, Aythor cow or stott.
b
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)495 : Þe fulue [read: sulue] stottes ine þe stode Boþ boþe wilde & merewode.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.615 : This reue sat vp on a ful good stot That was al pomely grey and highte Scot.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.185,186 : [The archbishop had there 2 cart-horses and a] stot [worth 4 . 2 cart-horses worth 53 s. 4 d., 6] stottis [worth the same, 10 oxen worth 13 s. 4 d. each].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.262 : Grace gaue pieres, of his goodnesse, foure stottis, Al þat his oxen eryed, þey to harwe after; On hyȝte Austyne & ambrose an-other.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)477 : Stot, hors: Caballus.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)10/41 : Say, mall and stott, will ye not go? Lemyng, morell, white-horne, Io!
c
- (1377) Close R.Edw.III509 : [A house called] stottystable.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.180 : [He had in the barton 4 horses..an unbound cart with harness for 3 horses..4 sets of] stotteropes [with] sideharnis [worth 4 d.].
2.
(a) A disparaging term for a woman, a slut; (b) a go-between or procuress; baude (baudi) ~, a procuress; also, a procurer; -- ?error for baud(e-strote n.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1630 : Nay, olde stot, that is nat myn entente..for to repente me For any thyng that I haue had of thee.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)205/145 : Come forth, þou stotte, com forth, þou scowte, com forth, þou bysmare and brothel bolde.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)729 : A tapster, a tapster! Stow, statt, stow!
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)43/11 : Breke not thy feith, giwe, neyther thy bonde confermed, for that is appropred to vntrew folkes and to ill lyvers, to yonglynes and to stottes [Caritate: comune women; Marmaduke: yvel governed wymmen; L meretricibus].
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2)107b/a : Prostibulum: a hous of stottys [Stnh: an hore house].
b
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)8a : A Baldystott: pronuba, pronubus, interduca, paranimpha, paranimphus.
- c1480 *Medulla (Pep 2002)193a : Pronuba: a baud stot.
- a1500 *Medulla (Hrl 2257)120b/a : Paranimpha, i. pronuba: a bawde or a stotte, que nimpham in sponsam iungit.
3.
(a) In surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.158-61].
Associated quotations
a
- (1166) in Pipe R.Soc.944 : Gamellus Stot.
- (1196) Assize R.Lan.in LCRS 47122 : Thomas Stot.
- (1206) CRR(2) 4304 : Norman Stote.
- (1264) Doc.Ireland in RS 53161 : Robertus le Stot.
- (1279) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames335 : William Stothard.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1079 : Johanne Stotte.
- (1301) Nickname in LuSE 5567 : Rob. Bulestot.
- (1312) Court R.Colchester 172 : Elena la Stott.
- (1327) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms60 : Thom. le Stotherd.
- (1332) Nickname in SAU 63187 : Rob. Stotte.
- (1427-8) Port Bk.in Sou.RS 1520 : John Stote.
- (1436) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames335 : Agnes Stotwylde.
b
- (c1138) in Bowcock PNShrop.227 : Stotesdun.
- (1150) EPNSoc.13 (War.)325 : Stotfold.
- (1160) in Bowcock PNShrop.227 : Stottesdun.
- (1242) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)270 : Stotfolde.
- (1243) in Bowcock PNShrop.227 : Stotesden.
- (1291) in Bowcock PNShrop.228 : Stottesdon.
- (1307-27) EPNSoc.47 (Ches.)55 : Stotefilismedue.
- (1379-80) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103590 : In exp. factis circa facturam vie del Stottesyatt..4 s.
- (1382) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.191 : Stotfeld.
- (1394) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)2.315 : [Bequests for the repair of a certain road..called] Stottisbrook.
- (1414-15) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100301 : In emendacione vie apud le Stotteȝate, 12 d.
- (1438-9) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9966 : 6 li. de manerio de Aldyngrige..magna clausura juxta le Stotyate.
- (1471-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103643 : Nichil de firma unius clausure vocate Lyngeclose juxta Stotyate.