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† stightle, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 stiȝ-, styȝtle, -tel, (stighle, stigle, stichle), 4–5 stiȝtil(l, stightill, -tel, stigh-, styghtle, styghtylle, (stighill, stihle, stihȝle, stiȝle, stithle, stithil). See also stickle v.
[ME. stiȝtle, frequentative f. stiȝte stight v.]
1. trans. To dispose, arrange, set in order; to prepare, make ready; to control, rule, govern; to direct (a helm or rudder); to ordain, assign, appoint; to set or establish (in a place or position).
a1300Cursor M. 19425 (Edin.) Steuin stichlid him al bune, and þan bigan a grete sarmun. Ibid. 22093 Riȝt sua [sa]le þe fend him þisse Chesin stede of birþe I wisse Þate beste es stiglid [Gött. stighlid, Cott. titeld] til his stalle. c1350Will. Palerne 1199 Þat oþer was his stiward þat stiȝtled al his meyne. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 402 If we..stylle steppen in þe styȝe he [God] styȝtlez hym seluen. a1400Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxix. iv. 20 Alle þe Iewes bi hemselue Were stihlet to wone in a strete. a1400–50Wars Alex. 589 Lat him as ayre..enherit my landis, And stall we him in stede of þis to stiȝtill my rewme. c1400Destr. Troy 13282 Nowthir stightill þai stere, ne no stithe ropes.
absol.1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xvi. 40 Reson stod and stihlede as for stywarde of halle.
b. With hostile notion: To ‘dispose of‘, put down (an antagonist).
c1350Will. Palerne 2899 Þe stoutest & þe sternest he stiȝtled sone after, Þat he garte þe grettest to hire prison louȝ te. c1400Destr. Troy 2193 All þe Renkes of my rewme will þi red folowe, As storest of strenght to stightill thy foose.
2. intr. To bestir or exert oneself, put forth one's strength or energy; to strive, contend, fight.
c1350Will. Palerne 3281 Moche folk him folwed þat ferli to bi-hold, how sternli he & þe [stede] schold stiȝtli to-gadere. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 104 Þer-fore of face so fere, He stiȝtlez stif in stalle. c1450Merlin xx. 333 And so haue thei medled and styghtled till they haue founde the kynge Boors vpon foote. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 460 Schipmen our the streme thai stithil full straught.
3. ? To intervene as mediator or umpire.
c1440York Myst. xxxi. 75 Rex. What! and schall I rise nowe, in þe deuyllis name? To stighill amang straungeres in stales of a state.
Hence † ˈstightling vbl. n.
c1400Destr. Troy 1997 Was no stightlyng with stere, ne no stithe ropes. c1450Merlin xxii. 408 Gawein..made soche stightlynge a-monge hem that alle dide resorte bakke wheder thei wolde or noon. |