Stint

A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language · 1862 · p. 5

, v. a. == stop, or hinder. Ritson’s AS. viii. 63; imper. ‘stunt.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 50; pret. ‘stunte’? Ibid. p. 31 —— v. n. == stop, halt? 1126 B. AS. stint an, which is, however, always neuter