v. Obs. Also 4–5 storb, stourb, 5 sturbe, stourbe. [Aphetic var. of DISTURB v.] trans. To disturb, trouble, upset.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 428. Al so efter þe ancre cumplie uort midmorwen ne don no þing, ne ne siggen, hware þuruh hire silence muwe beon i-sturbed.
1382. Wyclif, Gen. xlii. 28. And thei stonyed al aboute and sturbed, seiden togideres, What forsothe is this that God hath doon to vs?
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 513. Þan was ser Philip of þat fare ferly mekill sturbid.
c. 1400. Rule St. Benet (1902), 34. Sho ne sal make noise for to sturbe the othir.
c. 1425. Eng. Conq. Ireland, xlix. 124 (Dubl. MS.). Throgh that thynge, al the contrey forth ther-aftyr worth so I-storbet, that [etc.].
a. 1450. Myrc, Par. Pr., 686. We accursen al them that broken the pece of holy chirch or sturben hit. Ibid., 1459. Hast þou I-storbet prest or clerk Þat were bysy in goddes werk?
a. 1450. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 448. And þat no brother presume to take vp-on him … to lette, stourbe, ne geynseye, þat elleccioun.
Hence † Sturbing vbl. sb.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 154. Heo fluwen monne sturbinge, & wenden bi ham one.
c. 1250. Meidan Maregrete, 48. Wo þe hider sende, to maken stourbing.
13[?]. Guy Warw., 5751 (Auchinlock MS.). Gij werd him fast in þat sturbing.
