v. Obs. Also 3 stute, stitte. Pa. t. stutte. [Early ME. stutte-n (ü), a. ON. stytta = OE. styntan: see STINT v. (Chiefly in texts of ‘the Katherine group,’ the lang. of which, mainly southern, has some Scandinavian words.)] a. intr. To stop, cease; to stay, remain. b. trans. To cease, desist from.

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  a.  a. 1225.  Leg. Kath., 1529. Stute nu þenne, & stew þe, & stille þine wordes.

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a. 1225.  Juliana, 70. As ha stutte oþe stude þer ha schulde deþ drehen, þa com þe ilke belial of helle þat [etc.].

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c. 1225.  Ancr. R., 42. Hwo se wule mei a-stunten þeruppe [v.r. mei stutten þruppe].

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a. 1240.  Sawles Warde, in Cott. Hom., 267. Þu schal[t] ful bliðeliche beon under-fon in as ofte as liues luue stutteð forto spekene.

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a. 1300[?].  St. Kenelm, 239, in E. E. P. (1862), 54. Hi seȝe hire stitte [MS. Laud 108 sitte] adai … Meteles stille in one stede.

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  b.  a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 72. Þeone kuðen heo neuere astunten hore cleppe [v.r. þa ne cuðen ha neauer stutten hare cleppen].

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