Middle English Dictionary Entry
stǒuk(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stǒuk(e n. Also stouc, (errors) scowk, stonk, stonc; pl. stoukes, stukis. |
| Etymology | Prob. MLG stūke bundle of grain. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A bundle of sheaves of grain stood upright and leaning against one another in order to dry, a stook, shock; ?also, a single sheaf of grain [2nd quot.]; ~ pese, a shock of harvested pea plants.
Associated quotations
- a1325 *Gloss.Bibbesw.(Trin-C O.2.21)fol.289b/a : Ci vient volaunt vn restel, E ce trest ver cele tresel [glossed:] stouc [Owen: stonc; vrr. shocke, stak of corn].
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Trin-C O.2.21)327 : In stoukes [vr. szeves; glossing AF (Cmb): en garbes].
- a1325 *Gloss.Bibbesw.(Trin-C O.2.21)fol.129a : Wut le retel Envirouner le tretel [glossed:] þe stouk [Owen: stonk; vr. stakke].
- a1325 *Gloss.Bibbesw.(Trin-C O.2.21)fol.129a : Leuere is þe wrenne aboute þe stouk renne Þen þe fiþel draut.
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490:Koch)p.67 : Stukys [vrr. knucchen, schockes; glossing AF (Cmb): trosseaus].
- a1425 Gloss.Bibbesw.(AS 182)329 : Stowke peese [vrr. a pese ris, a pese reke; glossing AF (Cmb): Un warrott de pois].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)121b : A Stowke: Arconius, Congelima.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)377/315 : His hede is like a stowke hurlyd as hoggys.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)725/31 : Congelima: a scowk [read: stowk].
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2)11b/a : Archonum: a shok or a stouke of corne.