stynten

Middle English

Verb

stynten (third-person singular simple present {{{stem}}}eth, present participle {{{stem}}}ende, {{{stem}}}ynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle {{{stem}}}ed)

to stop speaking or talking (of a subject)
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Frankeleyns Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
  Now wol I stynten of this Arveragus, / And speken I wole of Dorigen his wyf
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