Middle English Dictionary Entry
stuflen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | stuflen v. P.ppl. i)stufled. |
| Etymology | Cp. stuffen v.(2) & -el- suf.(3); ?cp. OI stīfla to dam up. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. forstifled ppl.
1.
In phrase: ben stufled, to have difficulty breathing because of heat, stifle; also, suffocate by drowning, drown.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.449 : A monke..fil doun of a brigge into a water and was i-stufled.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)138/5 : Þere was grete hete, what of fyre þat was so grete & of þe sone þat þo was wonder hote, þat al stuffled [vr. stuffed] him-self was, & felle into a grete sikenesse.