steor

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

steor

  1. Alternative form of steer

Etymology 2

Noun

steor

  1. Alternative form of stere (“rudder, control”)-

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *steur, see also Old High German stior, Old Norse stjórr.

Noun

stēor m

  2. young bull
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative stēor stēoras
accusative stēor stēoras
genitive stēores stēora
dative stēore stēorum
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *stiuriją, from the verb *stiurijaną.

Noun

stēor n

  2. rudder
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative stēor stēor
accusative stēor stēor
genitive stēores stēora
dative stēore stēorum

Noun

stēor f

  1. steering, direction, guidance
  2. rule, regulation; correction, discipline, reproof; rebuke, check, restraint
  3. punishment, penalty
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative stēor stēora, stēore
accusative stēore stēora, stēore
genitive stēore stēora
dative stēore stēorum
Derived terms
Descendants

Yola

Noun

steor

  1. Alternative form of starr

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 69
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