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▪ I. † stote, v. Obs.
[Cf. stotaye v., stut v.]
1. intr. To stand still, halt, stop.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 149 Abowte me con I stote & stare To fynde a forþe. c1400Anturs of Arth. ix, It stottyde, it stounnede, it stode als a stane. a1440Sir Degrev. 226 Anone to the forest they found, There they stoted a stound. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 678 Right styth, stuffit in steill, thai stotit na stynt, Bot buskit to battaille.
2. To stammer, stutter.
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 173 Jo vy cy vener mester Hughe, Ke reyn ne parle s'yl ne bue [glossed bote he stote]. c1340Nominale (Skeat) 174 Femme iupe et ledement hue Woman houtith and foule stotith. c1400Destr. Troy 3881 A litle he stotid. 14..R. Gloucester's Chron. 8573 (Digby MS. 205 lf. 112) Stotynge & most when he was in wraþe or in strif. c1440Promp. Parv. 477/2 Stotyn, titubo, blatero.
3. trans. To cause to halt, stop.
1375Barbour Bruce iii. 66 For wondyr that he suld swa Stot [ed. 1616 Stoney] thaim, him allane but ma.
Hence † ˈstoting vbl. n.; † ˈstoting (stotting) ppl. a., stammering.
c1440Promp. Parv. 478/1 Stotynge, titubatus, titubacio. 1567Fenton Trag. Disc. v. (1898) I. 230 [He was so tongue⁓tied in presence of his lady] that he colde neither pleade for hymself at lardge, nor yet playe the parte of a stotting solicitor.
▪ II. stote
obs. form of stoat, var. stot n.1 |