"stert" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Forms: sterts [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from sterten. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:deverbal|sterten|id=start}} [Appendix:Glossary#deverbal|Deverbal]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*sturtijan", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "styrtan", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "sterten", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword" : "deverbal" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "stert", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="start" data-lang="enm" data-title="stert" id="Middle_English:_start">, {{deverbal|enm|sterten}} Deverbal from sterten Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} stert, {{enm-noun}} stert (plural sterts)
  1. start; beginning Related terms: sterten
    Sense id: en-stert-enm-noun-KpbZgneN Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English deverbals, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 13 11 36 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 14 11 35 28 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: sterts [plural]
Etymology: From Old English steort. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|steort}} Old English steort Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} stert, {{enm-noun}} stert (plural sterts)
  1. (anatomy) tail Derived forms: wagstert
    Sense id: en-stert-enm-noun-DGL4du8d Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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