stipare

1 stipare [CL; cf. stuppare] 1 to set (thing) into a compact space, to pack or gather (together). stipes, titio qui ad comburendum in igne ~atur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 555. 2 to surround (person) closely (w. people, esp. attendants or guards), (also, of group of people) to surround, crowd, or throng around (person); b (transf.). c (more generally) to surround, encompass, be around. aegros / conglomerant pariter stipantes agmine sanctam Aldh. VirgV 2432; alius classicis nautarum cohortibus ~atus [gl.: circumdatus, vallatus, emhledned] et densis remigantum agminibus circumsaeptus Id. VirgP 2 p. 230; ~abant, embutan þrungun GlP 287; ~at nos frequens populus et intuetur nos Gosc. Edith 291; dum ‥ virgo ad navem duceretur, ~antibus omnibus Anglie proceribus W. Malm. GR II 188; s1066 Haroldus ‥ paucissimo ~atus milite Hastingas pertendit Ib. III 239; nos igitur Christiane condicionis professores nisi militie ducem nostrum ~emus ‥ non solum ejus stipatores non sumus, set ‥ ad hostem ‥ transfugimus Pull. CM 207; clarus exercitu clarente stipatur J. Howd. Cant. 4; comitem Warwychie ~atum mille viris armatorum Strecche Hen. V 180.  b sidereis stipor turmis in vertice mundi Aldh. Aen. 53 (Arcturus) 1; namque canes crebro stipant latratibus aprum / undique vallantes densa cingente corona Id. VirgV 1649; seditiosi quamvis essent plurimi, multisque gazis et armis et ingenti apparatu ~ati Ord. Vit. VIII 2 p. 272; hoc facile fieri posse ‥ si amplioribus Anglorum viribus latus ~ari procuraverit Gir. EH I 12.  c illum ‥ / ‥ / nec mare navigerum ‥ vallat / aut zonae mundi, quae stipant aethera celsa Aldh. VirgV pref. 32; tunc ruit in faciem prostrato poplite Paulus / stipatus tenebris Ib. 497; sicut Moyses ‥ ne solus tanti pondus regiminis subire formidaret, Aaron fratris auxilio ~atur Hist. Abb. Jarrow 6. 3 to fill, pack, cram, or stuff (space) tightly (with); b (transf.); c (w. ref. to constipation or sim.). d ? to make pregnant, or ? f. l. sumpto foeno ‥ ~averat rimulas Bede CuthbP 46; item a sto hec stiva, -e, i. cauda aratri ‥ et inde ‥ hic stipes, stipitis, pro titione, et inde ~o, -as [ed. Mai: stippo, -as], i. fulcire Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 511.  b tramites publici et strata viarum per totam Italiam a latronibus ~abantur W. Malm. GR II 201; 1153 tu quoque qui malis ~ari postulas [cf. Cant. ii 5] G. Foliot Ep. 108 p. 149.  c enula nefreticis, ruptis, ventrique medetur / stipato, sciasim cogit inire fugam Neckam DS VII 228; these folowing ‥ doo rather signifie passively, as incostive, ~atus ventre Levins Manip. 153.  d 1275 Christiana filia Ricardi ad Ecclesiam ~ata [? l. stuprata] est sine licencia, ideo lechyrwite CourtR Wakefield I 50. 4 to decorate or ornament (object of cloth or leather, typically a belt) with strips or pieces of metal, to ‘bar’ (cf. ME barren). b ? to decorate (metalwork) with raised or embossed patterns. Cf. et. stipa, stuppare. corigiarii habent ‥ zonas ‥ bene membratas [gl.: ystodyd] ferro et cupro, et texta bene ~ata [gl.: ybarryd, barré, i. fulta vel appodiata] argento Garl. Dict. 123; 1342 zonis ~atis preciosis ‥ supercingi Conc. II 703a; 1357 singulum argento ~atum CalPat 501; 1372 habuit ‥ ij zonas stupat' cum argento IMisc 201 (1); 1372 item j capellum ~atum, precii xij d. Ib. 202 (5); 1392 unam zonam ~atam argento SelPlAdm I 15; 1473 unam zonam stupatam viridis coloris Rec. Burford 44; 1424 cinglum de serico ~atum cum argento Reg. Cant. II 284.  b 1351 argentum ~atum ad valenciam x li. ‥ videlicet xiiij cocliaria ‥ SessPEssex 126.

2 stipare [CL stips+-are], to make payment of, to pay (sum of money). 1449 frater J. Y. debet fratri W. M. iiij s. ‥. tamen notandum quod idem frater W. M. ~avit predicto fratri J. Y. ij s. iiij d. pro servisia, item iij s. pro ostencione librorum pro iij annis. idem frater J. recepit pro puero suo J. B. iij s. iiij d. ‥ item xij d. pro ostencione librorum pro officio elemosinarii Ac. Almon. Peterb. 17; 1451 elemosinarius stupavit penes ‥ balivum Burgi vij s. iiij d., propter debitum domini abbatis Ib. 43; 1460 sacrista stupavit viij s. penes W. M. servienti, quos dictus W. ‥ solvisset fratri W. M. monacho Ib. 143.