stede

See also: Stede

Afrikaans

Noun

stede

1. plural of stad

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

stede

1. (archaic) genitive/dative singular of stad

   hier ter stede ― in this place

Noun

stede f (plural steden or stedes, diminutive stedetje n)

1. (archaic or in compounds) Alternative form of stad

Derived terms

• bedstede (bedstee)
• hofstede (hofstee)

Middle Dutch

Noun

stēde f or m

1. (Flemish, Holland) Alternative form of stat

Inflection

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English stede, steode, styd, from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz.

Alternative forms

• stad, sted, stedd, stedde, steed, steede, steode, steyd, stid, stide, stode, stud, stude, styd, stydde, styde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛːd(ə)/, /ˈsteːd(ə)/, /ˈstɛd(ə)/, /ˈstid(ə)/

Noun

stede (plural stedes)

1. A place, area or spot; a part of the Earth or universe:
   • c. 1400, Cursor Mundi:

     Paradis is a priue stedd, þar mani mirthes er e-medd.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 1450, The History of the Holy Grail:

     The kyng in þat Roche had non sted / Where that he Myhte hyden In his hed.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   1. An enclosed place (such as a container, room etc.)
   2. An inhabited place (such as a country, town etc.)
   3. An area of the body (either of an organ or of the skin)
      • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:

        Thus they fought two houres […] & in many stedys they were wounded.

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   4. An estate or property; a house or building (often with its surrounds).
      • c. 1400, Cursor Mundi:

        All men o rome sal cum ... Tak vr folk and sted wit-all ...

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

      • c. 1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome:

        ... broght hym fro hys strenkyþfull stedd To grete Rome agayne.

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   5. A location or position in space (occupied by someone)
      • c. 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:

        helpeth vp þat adoun was y-broȝthe; to hys kynd sted

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   6. A location in a written document.
2. A place, station, or position; an appropriate or designated spot:
   1. The seat or office of a high official.
   2. (rare) A successor or heir; that replacing another.
   3. A state of being; a circumstance, condition, or situation.
      • c. 1450, Merlin:

        more sche hath decerved to be ded / thanne evere dyde my modyr jn ony sted.

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

      • c. 1465, Paston Letters:

        It..shul stand me in gret ste [read: sted] her if it mygth be do closly and suerly.

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. A location or position in time; time, moment.
4. Strength, effect; capacity for achievement.
5. (rare) A bedstead or bedframe.

Related terms

• stedefast
• steden
• worstede

Descendants

• English: stead
• Scots: steid, sted

References

• “stē̆de, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English stēda, from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; compare stod (“stud”).

Alternative forms

• steed, steede, stiede, styede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːd(ə)/

Noun

stede (plural stedes or steden)

1. A steed; a fine stallion (especially if suited for war)

Descendants

• English: steed
• Scots: steed

References

• “stẹ̄de, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Verb

stede

1. Alternative form of steden

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stadi. Cognate with Old High German stat, Old Norse staðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈste.de/

Noun

stede m

1. place
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Holy Day of Pentecost"

     Hi heoldon þæt gold unwurðlice, forðan ðe seo gitsung næfde nænne stede on heora heortan: forði hí dydon heora ðing him gemæne, þæt hí on soðre sibbe butan gytsunge beon mihton.

     They held the gold as worthless, because covetousness had no place in their hearts: they made their goods in common, that they might be in true peace without covetousness.

2. position
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Wōst þū nū þat þē man þǣr on tēhte þāra twelf tungla stēde and þāra sunne færeld?

     Knowest thou what was there taught thee about the positions of (he twelve stars and the path of the sun?

Declension

Declension of stede (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	stede	stedas
accusative	stede	stedas
genitive	stedes	steda
dative	stede	stedum

Derived terms

• hūsstede
• folcstede
• stedefæst

Descendants

• Middle English: stede, stad, sted, stedd, stedde, steed, steede, steode, steyd, stid, stide, stode, stud, stude, styd, stydde, styde
  • English: stead
  • Scots: steid, sted