sted

See also STED

English

Alternative forms

• stead, stedd

Etymology

From Middle English sted, from Old English place, spot, locality

Noun

sted (plural steds)

1. (largely obsolete) Alternative spelling of stead.
   • 1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome

     They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryall stedd.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser:

     And false Duessa in her sted had borne

   • 1927, Hélène Adeline Guerber, Myths of Greece and Rome^[1], Library of Alexandria, ISBN 9781465523464:

     But in the gloomy court was rais'd a bed, / Stuff'd with black plumes, and on an ebon sted

Adverb

sted (not comparable)

1. short for instead of

   • 2010 February 22, “Hong Kong rejoices over Berlin film prize”, Long Island Press, accessed on 2012-07-25:

     (This version CORRECTS Corrects title of movie to ‘Echoes of the Rainbow’ sted ‘Echoes of a Rainbow.’)

   • 2010 May 10, Vicki Smith, Holbrook Mohr, “Gulf Oil Spill: Unemployed Fishermen Struggling To Get By”, Huffington Post, accessed on 2012-07-25:

     Eds: CORRECTS name of city to 'Pass Christian' sted 'Port'. Moving on general news and financial services. AP Video.

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1269, sted, steddy

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse staðr (“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɛd/, [sd̥ɛð]

Noun

sted n (singular definite stedet, plural indefinite steder)

1. place
2. spot
3. passage, text
4. homestead

Inflection

    Inflection of sted

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	sted	stedet	steder	stederne
genitive	steds	stedets	steders	stedernes

Etymology 2

See stede (“admit into the presence (of an authority)”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɛːd/, [sd̥ɛːˀð], [sd̥ɛðˀ]

Verb

sted

1. imperative of stede

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English stede (“a place, spot, locality”)

Alternative forms

• stedd, stede

Noun

sted (plural steds)

1. a place, spot, locality

   Paradis is a priue stedd, þar mani mirthes er e-medd. — Cursor Mundi , c1400

   The kyng in þat Roche had non sted / Where that he Myhte hyden In his hed. — The History of the Holy Grail, c1450

2. a position or place occupied by someone

   helpeth vp þat adoun was y-broȝthe; to hys kynd sted — English Conquest of Ireland, 1525

3. a house, property

   All men o rome sal cum ... Tak vr folk and sted wit-all ... — Cursor Mundi , c1400

   ... broght hym fro hys strenkyþfull stedd To grete Rome agayne. — Le Bone Florence of Rome, 1500

4. a state, condition

   more sche hath decerved to be ded / thanne evere dyde my modyr jn ony sted. — Merlin, 1450

   It..shul stand me in gret ste [read: sted] her if it mygth be do closly and suerly. — Paston Letters, 1465

Derived terms

• stedfast — firm in purpose, unwavering, resolute
• stedfasten — to make resolute, steady; to establish a date, appoint, set
• stedfastship — firmness of purpose, resolve
• stedful — firmly put
• stedfulen — to make rich, prosperous
• stedfastnes, stedfastnesse — immutableness, permanence, support, reinforcement
• stedship — security

References

• Middle English Dictionary

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sted n (definite singular stedet; indefinite plural steder; definite plural stedene)

1. place

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) stad
• (Vallader) stà

Etymology

From Latin aestās, aestātem.

Noun

sted m (plural steds)

1. (Puter) summer