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statha

statha, staya [ME stath, staith, staye < AS stæþ], bank, shore, wharf, landing place, staithe. quatuor bovatas terre ‥ cum gardino et antiquo mesuagio et tota esteya Cart. Dieul. 336; c1312 a portu de le Sandyat versus orientem est quedam staya facta super solum regis IMisc 73 (5); 1391 cum ipse habeat ‥ quasdam ~thas ibidem ex utraque parte aque predicte [de Trent] pro aisiamento hominum, equorum, et aliorum animalium ultra aquam illam ibidem transeuncium ‥ quidam ‥ malefactores ‥ maeremium et palos ~tharum ‥ extraxerunt Pat 333 m. 28d.; 1418 firment batellos suos ‥ in aqua Use subtus ~tham Mem. York I 198; 1449 apud villam de Kyngeston super Hull, videlicet apud quandam ~tham Willelmi Hedon ‥ octo pokas lane ‥ in quodam batello ‥ poni fecit (KR Mem) Bronnen II 866; 1462 de firma unius ~the parcelle tenementi ibidem DL MinAc 639/10376.

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