Obs. In 4 pa. t. stiȝthed, pa. pple. stiȝt. [OE. stihtan, stihtian = OLow Frankish stihtan, stiftôn (MLG., MDu. stichten, stiften, mod.Du. stichten), OHG. (MHG., mod.G.) stiften, ON. stétta (Sw. stifta, Da. stifte, Icel. stipta, are from LG.).] trans. To set in order, arrange, place.
c. 825. Vesp. Psalter, cxii. 5. Wynsum mon … stihtað [L. disponet] word his in dome.
a. 1000. Boeth. Metr., xx. 178. Þu … on us sawle ʓesettest, & hi siððan eac styrest & stihtest.
a. 1122. O. E. Chron. (Laud MS.), an. 1086. On þam an & twentiʓan ʓeare þæs þe Willelm weolde & stihte Engle land swa him God uðe.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 4425. Þan rauȝt sche forþ a ring a riche & a nobul, Þe ston þat þeron was stiȝt was of so stif vertu, Þat [etc.].
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 195. Þai … stallid him in a stoute stede & stiȝthed him faire. Ibid., 1543. A Mitre,… Stiȝt [Dubl. MS. stight] staffull of stanes. Ibid., 2693. Be þis ser Dary … deuysid his pistill Þe kyng of kyngs was called…. Þus, vndirstand I, was þe stile & stiȝt [v.r. styght] in þare-eftir, ‘Ȝour satrapaires’ [etc.].
