stud-mare
Also 1 stódmyre, 3–4 stod mere, 4 stode-mere, 5 studmer, stude mere, 6–7 Sc. stuid-meir, -mear.
[f. stud n.2 + mare. Cf. ON. stóðmerr.]
A mare kept for breeding purposes, a brood-mare. Cf. stud n.2 4 a.
| a 1000 Laws ælfred xvi, Ȝif mon cu oððe stodmyran forstele, and folan oððe cealf ofadrife. a 1225 Ancr. R. 316 Ich am a ful stod mere. 1404 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 399, 1 studmer cum pullo. 1547 Boorde Introd. Knowl. 147 Great studmares we bryng vp in Flaunders. 1594 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 34 note, Pasturage of stuid-meiris, profits of each in foill 20 merks. 1634 Ibid. 43/1 Cum pastura 18 animalium et unius lie stuid-meir. 1709 Ir. Act 8 Anne c. 3 §34 Every papist or reputed papist may keep such stud⁓mares and stallions. |
b. as an insulting epithet for a woman.
| c 1440 York Myst. xxiv. 13 A! ffalse stodmere and stynkand stroye. |