Middle English Dictionary Entry
stubben v.
Entry Info
| Forms | stubben v. Also stubbe, stobe. |
| Etymology | From stub(be n.; cp. AL stubbāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To uproot (sth.), dig out, remove; also fig.; ~ awei (oute, up); (b) to clear (a field, woods, etc.) of tree stumps, roots, etc.; (c) ppl. stubbed as adj.: of a goose: fed on stubble, fatted.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)26/4 : We schewyn acursed..alle paryschenys þat hewyn doun violently, or stubbyn, pullyn, or schredyn, or croppyn ony treen in cherche-ȝerde.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)234/25 : God..schal stubbyn þe vp, rynde & roote, fro þe ground of lyif, þat is, fro þe blysse of heuen..destruet te in finem, euellet te, & emigrabit te..& radicem tuam de terra viuencium.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)265/31 : Now schal I telle ȝow of þe howe or a pek-ex wherwyth ȝe muste stubbe out þe grauel.
- (1464) Acc.Howard in RC 57455 : He schal have fore hevery rod dyschenge, j d., and to stobe howete al that growethe.
- a1500 7 Sages(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)197/465 : The gode made a man a gon, And badd hymn take a mattok anon And stubbe the olde rote away.
b
- (1464) Acc.Howard in RC 57455 : [He] schal stobe me klen serten kloses wethe in Powenses.
- (1468) *Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls Bundle 68, no.1v.[OD col.] : Solut. pro unius acre terre et dimid. ibidem stubbed..xii d.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)21/4 : Woodis & waast placys arn smyte downe, stubbyd, & broughte to tylthe.
c
- c1450 Chaucer CT.Co.(ChU 564)A.4351 : Stubbed [Heng: For of thy persle yet they fare the wors That they han eten with thy stubbul goos].