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Stude mere, n. Also: stud(e)meir, stud meer, stuid(e) meir, stood meir, -mear(e, steid-meir. [ME and e.m.E. stod mere (Ancr. R.), studmer (1404), studmare (1547); Stud(e n. and Mere n.²] A mare kept for breeding, a brood-mare.(a) a1500 Henr. Fab. 991 (Bass.).
Ane stude gray meir [Bann. gray stude meir, Harl. stuid gray meir] 1476 Acta Aud. 49/2.
The spoliatioun and awaye taking of a stude mere 1498 Acta Conc. II 245.
viij stude meris and thair folis, the price of thame x li. 1513 Doug. xi xi 87.
With the pappys fosterit he his child Of savage stude meris 1535 Acts II 346/2 (see Stud(e n. 1). 1539 Treas. Acc. VII 275.
To Charlis Murray to by grete stude meris in Denmark 1542–3 Reg. Privy S. III 19/1.
Makand him maister and keipar of all the Duche stude meris within the realme 1582 Edinb. Test. XII 13b.
Tua stude meris with thair foillis price of the pece xx merkis 1607 Yester Wr. 286.
[One] stud meir [with followers] c1616 Hume Orthog. 28.
She is the noat of the femal sex; as; … she is a stud meer(b) a1500 Henr. Fab. 991 (Harl.) (see (a) above). 1587 Edinb. Test. XVIII 21.
Fyve stuide meiris with thair followars of ane ȝeir auldis price of the pece with the followar xiij li. vj s. viij d. 1594 Reg. Great S. 34 n.
Pasturage of 2 stuid-meiris, profits of each in foill 20 merks 1630 (1634) Reg. Great S. 43/1.(c) 1612 Reg. Privy C. IX 385.
Stood meiris c1634 Sc. Ant. VI 60.
Ane broune stood meare prysit to fourtie pounds, which is thoght to be worthe ane hundreth poundis 1677 Thanes of Cawdor 334.
Stood mears and herialds and ther followeris(d) 1582 Reg. Great S. 127/2.
Unius steid-meir 1634 Retours I Inq. Spec. Haddington (147).
1 equæ admissariæ lie Steid-meir nuncupatæ