in the stede

Middle English

Adjective

in the stede

1. Obsolete phrasing of instead.

   "The ſhyphyrdes vſe it in the ſtede of a ſtrayner"

   Modern English:

   "The shepherds use it instead of a strainer"

   Turner, William I. A New Herball, Wherein are Conteyned the Names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englijsh, Duch, Frenche, and in the Potecaries and Herbaries Latin (etc.). United Kingdom, Steven Mierdman, 1551.