† restay, v. Obs.
Also 4–5 resteie, -eye, -eȝe.
[Prob. ad. OF. resteir to resist (Godef.).]
1. trans. To check, restrain, keep back, hold in.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 716 His dessypelez..wyth her resounez ful fele restayed. 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 292 Þei hoped þe toþer day þe barons resteie. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 7755 Ther is no man..that may restay Ther hors lenger. Ibid. 10483 Off his chasyng he him restayed. |
2. intr. To stop, stay.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 437 Þenne ros ho vp & con restay, & speke me towarde in þat space. 1382 Wyclif 2 Sam. xix. 39 And whanne al the puple, and the kyng was passid ouer Jordan, he resteiede [v.r. resteȝede]. |
Hence † restayed ppl. a. (See quots.) Obs.
| c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xiii, Þer beth oþer maneres of wyse houndes, þe which men clepeth byyonde þe see hert houndes good and resteyed. Ibid., Þei be cleped resteyed, because þat if an hert falle amonge þe chaunge, þei shull abyde stille, till an hunter come. |