sterten
Middle English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sturtijaną (“to startle, move, set in motion”), causative of *stirtaną (“to leap, tumble”), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *strē- (“to be strong, steady, rigid, fixed”).
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