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Middle English
Verb
stynten (third-person singular simple present stynteth, present participle styntende, styntynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stynted)
- to stop speaking or talking (of a subject)
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Frankeleyns Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC: