"stay" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Forms: stayes [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], stay [accusative, nominative, singular], stayes [accusative, nominative, plural], stayes [genitive, singular], staye [genitive, plural], staye [dative, singular], stayen [dative, plural]
Etymology: From Old English stæġ (“stay, a rope supporting a mast”), from Proto-Germanic *stagą (“stay, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *stek-, *stāk- (“stand, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā- (“to stand”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|stæġ|t=stay, a rope supporting a mast}} Old English stæġ (“stay, a rope supporting a mast”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*stagą|t=stay, rope}} Proto-Germanic *stagą (“stay, rope”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*stek-}} Proto-Indo-European *stek-, {{m|ine-pro|*stāk-|t=stand, pole}} *stāk- (“stand, pole”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*stā-|t=to stand}} Proto-Indo-European *stā- (“to stand”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=stay|sort=}} stay, {{enm-noun|head=stay|pl=stayes}} stay (plural stayes) Inflection templates: {{enm-decl-noun|stay|stayes|staye|stayes|staye|stayen}}
  1. (nautical) A stay (rope). Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: staye, stey
    Sense id: en-stay-enm-noun-9519M-jf Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Topics: nautical, transport

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