stourben
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]stourben (third-person singular simple present stourbeth, present participle stourbende, stourbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stourbed)
- to disturb
- 1384, John Wycliffe's, Bible, Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 28.:
- To me is ȝoldun my money, loo! it is had in the sak; and thei stonyed al aboute and sturbed, seiden togideres, What forsothe is this that God hath doon to vs?
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