Middle English Dictionary Entry
upsterten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | upsterten v. Also upsterte, upstirten; p. upstert(e, upstirt(e, upstart, upstart(t)e, (?error) upstritt; pl. upsterte(n, etc. & upsturten. |
| Etymology | From sterten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To leap to one’s feet; get up suddenly;
(b) to arise, flare up.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1997 : Vp stirt [vr. vp start] Vter Pendragon And biclept Merlin.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1573 : With that word he fil doun in a traunce A longe tyme, and afterward he vp sterte.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)363 : Þenne vp sturten þe folk and wolden wiþ wepene sle Iosep[h] and his sone.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2225 : Vp stirten [vrr. vp styrtyn, vpstarten, vp sterte, vp stirte, vp sterten] thanne the yonge folk atones and…bigonnen to make noyse.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.5094 : Brutus with a manlich herte Hire housebonde hath mad up sterte.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1168 : Swich confort he yaf hym for to gon To Orliens that he vp stirte [vr. vpstarte] anon And on his wey forthward thanne is he fare.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5601 : Þys man vp sterte and toke þe gate, Tyl he com at Pers ȝate.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.400 : Sarpedoun…on his fet vp-sterte.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)329/275 : I vpstritt [?read: vpstirt]! I me myght noȝt abstene To wirschip hym in wark and in witte.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)2274 : Wiþ þat a Iewe vp start And ȝaf hym a buffet sore & smert.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)92 : Up sterte [vrr. vp stirteþe, vp stertith] Mars; hym liste not to slepe When he his lady herde so compleyne.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)1802 : Vp startte an erke [read: erle], syr adryas.
- a1500 Tale Basin (Cmb Ff.5.48)153 : Vpstert the godewyfe; for nothynge wolde she lette.
b
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1299 : Ther with the fyr of ialousie vpsterte With inne his brest.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.183 : The noyse of peple up stirte thanne at ones As breme as blase of straw iset on-fire.