Middle English Dictionary Entry
stōver n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stōver n. Also stovire. |
| Etymology | From OF estovoir, AF estover, estovir & ML estoverium, stuverium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. estovers n.pl.
1.
A stock of needed supplies, provisions; -- also pl.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6771 : Þes comen vp..Wiþ fiften c þousinde And wiþ þe stouer of to ȝare: Þerwiþ þai miȝt wele fare.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7611 : Oriens was welcome swiþe, For wonderliche þai weren bliþe Of þe eiȝtte and stouers Þat þai brouȝt.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1149 : A schip þou bring me tille, Mine harp to play me þare, Stouer ynouȝ to wille To kepe me.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)121/2472 : A logge þai made vpon his graue, For sche wolde þer bilaue, And maked..a ful fair fer, And fond hire þat niȝt stouer, And left here alone.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1865 : Hij charged many a selcouþe beeste..Wiþ armure and ek vitayles..Hors and oxen wiþ venisounes, Assen and mulen wiþ her stouers.
- c1475 7 Sages(1) (Eg 1995)179/3395 : Hit was tho a dyre yere And scars of vytayle and of stouyre.