Obs. Also 5 stevyn, 6 stevin. [a. ON. stefna, to sail in a certain direction; to aim (at something), f. stafn stem of a ship.] intr. To direct one’s course.
c. 1440. Alphabet of Tales, 302. & furthwith, evyn at he say, þis layser stevend vp vnto hevyn.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., xx. 546. That childe … rasyd hym self apon the thryd day, And stenen [? read steuen] to heuen. Ibid., xxvi. 594. Ihesus. Nay, mary, neghe thou not me, ffor to my fader, tell I the, yit stevynd I noght. Ibid., xxix. 336. When he stevynd vp so sodanly To his fader in maieste.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, V. i. 57. This being said, towart the port thai stevin.
