† stutte, v. Obs.
Also 3 stute, stitte. Pa. tense stutte.
[Early ME. stutte-n (ü), a. ON. stytta = OE. styntan: see stint v. (Chiefly in texts of ‘the Katherine group’, the lang. of which, mainly southern, has some Scandinavian words.)]
a. intr. To stop, cease; to stay, remain. b. trans. To cease, desist from.
| a. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1529 Stute nu þenne, & stew þe, & stille þine wordes. a 1225 Juliana 70 As ha stutte oþe stude þer ha schulde deþ drehen, þa com þe ilke belial of helle þat [etc.]. c 1225 Ancr. R. 42 Hwo se wule mei a-stunten þeruppe [v.r. mei stutten þruppe]. a 1240 Sawles Warde in Coll. Hom. 267 Þu schal[t] ful bliðeliche beon under-fon in as ofte as liues luue stutteð forto spekene. ? a 1300 St. Kenelm 239 in E.E.P. (1862) 54 Hi seȝe hire stitte [MS. Laud ―sitte] adai..Meteles stille in one stede. |
| b. c 1225 Ancr. R. 72 Þeone kuðen heo neuere astunten hore cleppe [v.r. þa ne cuðen ha neauer stutten hare cleppen]. |