Obs. Forms: 1 astyri-, astiri-an, 2 astiri-, asteri-, 3 asturi-en, 5 astere, 6 asteir. [OE. astyri-an, f. A- pref. 1 up, out + styrian to STIR; cogn. w. OHG. irsturen, MHG. erstürn to stir up.] To stir up, move, disturb, excite, physically or emotionally.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., John v. 4. Þæt water wæs astyred. Ibid., Mark xv. 11. Þa astyredon þa bisceopas þa meneʓu.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 95. He sake ne asterde.
c. 1205. Lay., 28786. Astured wes al þas þeode strongliche swiðe.
1567. Test. K. Hen. Stewart, in Sc. Poems 16th C., II. 262. My solace, sorow, sobbery to asteir.
