The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stirte
Stirte \Stir"te\, obs.
imp. of Start, v. i. & t.
--Chaucer.
Usage examples of "stirte".
This Chauntecleer stood hye upon his toos, Strecchynge his nekke, and heeld hise eyen cloos, And gan to crowe loude for the nones, And daun Russell the fox stirte up atones, And by the gargat hente Chauntecleer, And on his bak toward the wode hym beer, For yet ne was ther no man that hym sewed.
And up they stirte al dronken in this rage, And forth they goon towardes that village, Of which the taverner hadde spoke biforn.
And to the crowe he stirte, and that anon, And pulled hise white fetheres everychon, And made hym blak, and refte hym al his song, And eek his speche, and out at dore hym slong, Unto the devel-which I hym bitake!