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Afrikaans
Noun
stede
- plural of stad
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
stede
- (archaic) genitive/dative singular of stad
- hier ter stede ― in this place
Noun
stede f (plural steden or stedes, diminutive stedetje n)
- (archaic or in compounds) Alternative form of stad
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Noun
stēde f or m
- (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)
- A place, area or spot; a part of the Earth or universe:
c. 1450, The History of the Holy Grail:
- An enclosed place (such as a container, room etc.)
- An inhabited place (such as a country, town etc.)
- 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, by
William Caxton], published
31 July 1485,
→OCLC; republished as H
Oskar Sommer, editor,
Le Morte Darthur , London:
David Nutt,
,
1889,
→OCLC:
- An estate or property; a house or building (often with its surrounds).
c. 1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome:
- A location or position in space (occupied by someone)
c. 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:
- A location in a written document.
- A place, station, or position; an appropriate or designated spot:
- The seat or office of a high official.
- (rare) A successor or heir; that replacing another.
- A state of being; a circumstance, condition, or situation.
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)
- A location or position in time; time, moment.
- Strength, effect; capacity for achievement.
- (rare) A bedstead or bedframe.
Related terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English stēda, from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; compare stod (“stud”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
stede (plural stedes or steden)
- A steed; a fine stallion (especially if suited for war)
Descendants
References
Etymology 3
Verb
stede
- Alternative form of steden
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stadi. Cognate with Old High German stat, Old Norse staðr.
Pronunciation
Noun
stede m
- 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.
- 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)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: stede, stad, sted, stedd, stedde, steed, steede, steode, steyd, stid, stide, stode, stud, stude, styd, stydde, styde