Strayeth vs Stayeth - What's the difference?
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(stray)
Any domestic animal that has an enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
(figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
The act of wandering or going astray.
(historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"
To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
* Denham
To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
(figurative) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
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To cause to stray.
* 1591 , , V. i. 51:
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep.
In the wrong place; misplaced.
(archaic) (stay)
(nautical) A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
(chain-cable) The transverse piece in a link.
(nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
(nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
(nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* (Bible), (w) xvii. 12
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
* (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
To hold the attention of.
To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To wait for; await.
To rest; depend; rely.
* (w) 30:12, (w)
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
To come to an end; cease.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
To make a stand; stand.
To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.
To remain in a particular place, especially for an indefinite time; sojourn; abide.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
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, title= To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
To continue to have a particular quality.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
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, title= To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
(obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)
To fasten or secure with stays.
A prop; a support.
* Milton
* Addison
* Coleridge
(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
That which holds or restrains; obstacle; check; hindrance; restraint.
A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
* Milton
* Hayward
(archaic) A standstill; a state of rest; entire cessation of motion or progress.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
* Herbert
* Francis Bacon
* Philips
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
Steep; ascending.
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
Steeply.
As verbs the difference between strayeth and stayeth
is that strayeth is archaic third-person singular of stray while stayeth is third-person singular of stay.strayeth
English
Verb
(head)stray
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Thames among the wanton valleys strays .
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- It was a derby that left Manchester United a long way back in Manchester City’s wing-mirrors and, in the worst moments, straying dangerously close to being their own worst enemy.
- Hath not else his eye / Strayed his affection in unlawful love,
Synonyms
* deviateAdjective
(-)- a stray comma
Derived terms
* stray line * stray markReferences
Anagrams
* * *stayeth
English
Verb
(head)stay
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* backstay * bobstay * forestay * jackstay * mainstay * staylace * stayless * staymaker * stayman * staysail * stayship * triatic stayVerb
(en verb)- stay a mast
- to stay ship
Etymology 2
From (etyl) steyen, staien, from (etyl) estayer, . More at (l), (l). Sense of "remain, continue" may be due to later influence from (etyl) ester, , from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical groundsWhitney, Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia , stay.. An alternative etymology derives (etyl) estaye, estaie, from Old (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Verb
(en verb)- Your ships are stay'd at Venice.
- This business staid me in London almost a week.
- I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that appeared to me new.
- Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.
- Sallows and reedsfor vineyards useful found / To stay thy vines.
- all that may stay their minds from thinking that true which they heartily wish were false
- She will not stay the siege of loving terms, / Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes.
- Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon.
- I stay here on my bond.
- That day the storm stayed .
- Here my commission stays .
- I must stay a little on one action.
- That horse stays well.
- She would command the hasty sun to stay .
- Stay , I command you; stay and hear me first.
- I stay a little longer, as one stays / To cover up the embers that still burn.
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- I'll tell thee all my whole device / When I am in my coach, which stays for us.
- The father cannot stay any longer for the fortune.
- The flames augment, and stay / At their full height, then languish to decay.
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- He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute.
- I stay dinner there.
- Stay your strife.
- For flattering planets seemed to say / This child should ills of ages stay .
- to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler
Derived terms
* bestay * forestay * forstay * gainstay * here to stay * offstay * onstay * outstay * overstay * stay-at-home * stay behind * stay-button * stayer * stay hungry * stay on * stay over * stay put * stay the course * stay up * * understay * unstay * unstayed * upstaySee also
* abide * belive * continue * dwell * live * remain * resideReferences
Etymology 3
From (etyl) *. See above.Noun
(en noun)- My only strength and stay .
- Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.
- Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
- Made of sphere metal, never to decay / Until his revolution was at stay .
- Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay .
- stand at a stay
- The governor granted a stay of execution.
- I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.
- Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds and stays .
- The wisdom, stay , and moderation of the king.
- With prudent stay he long deferred / The rough contention.
- Where are the stays for my collar?
- They were able to read good authors without any stay , if the book were not false.