▪ I. † stote, v. Obs.
[Cf. stotaye v., stut v.]
1. intr. To stand still, halt, stop.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 149 Abowte me con I stote & stare To fynde a forþe. c 1400 Anturs of Arth. ix, It stottyde, it stounnede, it stode als a stane. a 1440 Sir Degrev. 226 Anone to the forest they found, There they stoted a stound. c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 678 Right styth, stuffit in steill, thai stotit na stynt, Bot buskit to battaille. |
2. To stammer, stutter.
| c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 173 Jo vy cy vener mester Hughe, Ke reyn ne parle s'yl ne bue [glossed bote he stote]. c 1340 Nominale (Skeat) 174 Femme iupe et ledement hue Woman houtith and foule stotith. c 1400 Destr. Troy 3881 A litle he stotid. 14.. R. Gloucester's Chron. 8573 (Digby MS. 205 lf. 112) Stotynge & most when he was in wraþe or in strif. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 477/2 Stotyn, titubo, blatero. |
3. trans. To cause to halt, stop.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce iii. 66 For wondyr that he suld swa Stot [ed. 1616 Stoney] thaim, him allane but ma. |
Hence † ˈstoting vbl. n.; † ˈstoting (stotting) ppl. a., stammering.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 478/1 Stotynge, titubatus, titubacio. 1567 Fenton Trag. Disc. v. (1898) I. 230 [He was so tongue⁓tied in presence of his lady] that he colde neither pleade for hymself at lardge, nor yet playe the parte of a stotting solicitor. |
▪ II. stote
obs. form of stoat, var. stot n.1