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ANALOGIES DES LANGUES 



Sterven, v. angl., dam. sterven, allcm. sterben . 

 anal, to die, franc, mourir. 



Sum l\ rant is 



Thaï lialh an lierle as hard as anv slon 

 Which wold han lelte liim sterven in the place. 



(CoAUCER.) 



I pray 10 Goil thaï 1 mote sterven wood 

 But I to you be al so good and trewe 

 As ever was wif. 



(H.) 



whom I love and serve 



\nd ever sbal, til lliat min herte sterve. 



(td.) 

 And dronke, and yave his l'elaw drinke also, 

 For which anon lliey storven boihe two. 



(«0 

 Yfet lie will sigh and show great showers 

 Is he would sterfe inio that sieid. 



[Mi rsar, Lord Haile's Collection.) 



By ail lhat's holy, lie had betler starve 

 Than but once think his place becomes lliee not. 

 (Shak., King Henry VIII, act. v, 



se. 2.) 



Le verbe angl. sterven, aujourd'hui to starve, 

 n'est plus employé dans le sens général de 

 mourir, mais seulement avec la signification 

 restreinte de mourir de faim ou de froid, 

 comme dans : to starve with hunger, to starve 

 with cold, I am starved for méat, hungry 

 starved volves, etc. Voy. ystorven. 

 Steven, v. angl. Voy. 1 er gloss., v. flam. stevenc, 

 angl.-sax.sie/rae, franc, voix, chanson , cri , etc. 



ye han as mery a steven 



vs any angel hath thaï is in beven. 



(Cbavcer, Canlerb. Taies-, 15-298.) 



So loude crieden they with mery steven. 

 [Id.,ib., 2564.) 



Ste\ . écoss., flam. slyl, Stygh, allem. steil, ang]. 

 steep, franc, escarpé. 



The side was stey, the boltom deep, 

 l'r.ie bank to brae (lie water pouring. 

 (Scott. Songs.) 



Steyew . v. angl., franc, monter. Voy. steigen. 

 Steyest. écoss., flam. slylste, franc, plus escarpé. 

 Voy. stey. 



In cart or car thon never reestit 



The steyest brae tbou wad hae fac't it. 



Burks , The auld Fariner.) 



Stick (to), v. angl., flam. steken-, angl. to thrust, 



franc, pousser, enfoncer. 



Thon stick'st a dagger in me. 



(SHAKEsp.j.l/erc/iflnf o/" Venise. 



Stide, v. angl., flam. stede, j>laels, allem. stalt, 

 stittte, angl. stcad, franc, place. 



Nyle ghe ghyve stide to the deuel. 



(Wicclif, Eflcsics, 4, 27.) 



Nolite tocum dare diabolo. 

 ( VvXgale. 



Comp. unstidefast, franc, inconstant, mo- 

 bile, sans place fixe. 



He was not maad unstidefast in the bileve. 



(Wicclif, Romayns , 419. 



And being not weak in failli. 



(Bible anglaise, 



Et non infirmâtes est fide. 

 ff'ulgate.) 



Stie, stien, v. angl. Voy. steigen, franc, monter. 



Stif, v. angl., Kiliaen traduit stijf par : firme, 

 firmiter, valide, valde; on dit à Bruges : styf 

 werken , styf sparen , franc, travailler beau- 

 coup, épargner beaucoup, fortement; dans 

 l'exemple suivant les mots : with stif vois, se 

 traduiraient en latin par: voce magna, cum 

 voce magna, franc, à haute voix. 



With sfi/vois hym callede : 

 Lazare, veni foras. 



(Fision of Tierce Ploxeman . ) 



Le glossaire de l'édition par Thomas Wright. 



London, 1856, passe le mot stif sous silence. 



Stige, nyther-stige, angl.-sax., flam. littéral, ne- 



der styge, afloop, angl. the descend, franc. 



descente. 



. . . to munies ny'.hcr-stige. 

 (Loc, 19, 37.) 



Ad descensum monlis oliveti. 

 (Futgatc.) 



Voy. steigen , stey, steyest. 

 Stigue, v. angl. Voy. steigen. 

 Stock, dans les composés lunlslock, whipstock, 



flam. slok, steel, franc, bàlon, manche. 



lie appears 



To hâve practis'd more the whipstock than the lance. 



(Sbakesp., King Lear, act. II, 

 se. s. 



