† storn.
Obsolete.
Incense.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > incense
rechelseOE
storc1000
incensec1290
censea1382
guma1382
olibanuma1398
thus1398
frankincensea1400
frank14..
thurec1425
mascle thure?1440
olibanc1440
smoke1530
perfume1542
masculine frankincense1555
tacamahac1577
cayolac1588
masculine gum1604
candle1628
pastille1630
Spanish coal1631
incense-frank1633
thymiama1697
censery1823
punk1844
joss-stick1845
god-stick1874
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 116 Hi..him geoffrodon..gold and recels and myrran... Se stor [getacnode] ðæt he is soð God.
c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 26 Hi wolden offri him gold, and stor, and Mirre.
a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 556/44 Olibanus, i. encens, i. stor.
c1315 Shoreham Poems v. 160 Gold, myrre, stor, were here offrynges.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 211 Þet stor huanne hit is ope þe uere smelþ zuete.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 99 In Arabia is store, mir, and canel.
Compounds
stor-fat n. a censer.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > perfume making > [noun] > container > incense container
stor-fatc1000
censera1250
thuriblec1440
cassolette1657
koro1822
pastille burner1831
pastille lamp1835
thymiaterion1850
thurible-boat1853
c1000 Sign Language in Techmer's Zeitschr. (1885) II. 120 Ðonne þu storfæt habban wille, þonne wend þu þine hand ofdune and wege hi, swilce þu styre.
c1200 Vices & Virtues 143 Swa go upp mine ȝebede to-foren ðe, swa ðat stor dieth ut of storfate!
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