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Quotation dates: 1420
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Staver, -ire, Stawer, v. [Origin unclear. Cf. Norw. stavre to stagger, totter; also in the later dial.] intr. To stagger, totter. — c1420 Wynt. iii 797.
Thus in sege a sot to se … Sall ger standand statys stavire And wyll bath wyt and wyrschype wavir c1420 Wynt. iv 816.
Al thus in wodnes as thai waveryd And stekyt swa wyth stokis staveryd [C. staweride, W. stauerit]
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