a. Obs. Forms: 5 stevynd, stevynyd, stevenyd, stevend. [OE. ʓestefned, -od, pa. pple. of ʓestefn(i)an, perh. to alternate, diversify, f. stefn STEVEN sb.2] ? Embroidered.

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  It is possible that there may sometimes have been confusion between this word and steynyd STAINED ppl. a.

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a. 1000.  Aldhelm Glosses, in Napier, OE. Glosses, i. 5323. Manicæ sericis clauatæ, handstocu mid godewebbum ʓestefnede.

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1452–3.  Test. Ebor. (Surtees), III. 135. De xy s de pret. iij costers, steuynd cum angelis.

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c. 1474.  Invent., in Paston Lett., III. 408. Item, a stevynyd clothe.

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c. 1475.  Cath. Angl., 363 (Addit. MS.). A Stevenyd clothe, polimitus.

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1479.  Test. Ebor. (Surtees), III. 246. To … my servaunt, a halling of white stevend with vij warkes of mercy.

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1499.  Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees), I. 104. A stevynd clath vjd.

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