stoutherie Obs. exc. Sc.
Also 5 stolethery, stoltherie, -ye.
[f. stulþ, stouth + -ery.]
Theft, stealing; also stolen goods.
| c 1440 Alphabet of Tales 8 The money at þou hase taken of þi bruther, it is stoltherye. Ibid. 9 Euer sen I forsuke to take swilk stolethery I hafe abundid & waxin ryche of gudi[s]. Ibid. 222 Þe fadur þeroff, garte call it Latro, becauce it was getten be stoltherie. 1864 W. D. Latto Tam. Bodkin x. 92 To find oot the loons that had received the unleisum stoutherie. |