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steiringa

steiringa, ~um, ~us [ME steiring], ‘stairing’, (app.) sort of flight of stairs or ladder (in quot. perh. as component of scaffolding). 1323 in m iiij c de spikingg' pro steyringg' Sacr. Ely II 33; in virgis emptis pro steiringg' Ib.; in xxx cleis empt' pro steyringg' Ib.; in virgis empt' pro steyryng' cum cariagio Ib. II 47 (cf. ib.: in l cleyis empt' pro le stagyng. in virgis empt' pro steyrings; ib.: in virgis empt' pro steyringgs cum cariagio; ib. II 48: in virgis empt' pro steyryngs ‥. in virgis pro steyringgs empt').

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