steed

See also: Steed

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: stēd, IPA^(key): /stiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

steed (plural steeds)

1. (archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially in the sense of mount.
   • 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC; Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis: […], 4th edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Co. […], 1896, →OCLC:

     The studded bridle on a ragged bough
     Nimbly she fastens: -- O, how quick is love! --
     The steed is stalled up, and even now
     To tie the rider she begins to prove:
     Backward she push'd him, as she would be thrust,
     And govern'd him in strength, though not in lust.

2. (cycling, slang, humorous) A bicycle.

Translations

stallion

• Armenian: նժույգ (hy) (nžuyg)
• Bulgarian: жребец (bg) m (žrebec)
• Czech: oř (cs) m
• Finnish: ratsu (fi)
• French: coursier (fr)
• German: Ross (see also Stute )
• Hebrew: פּרשׁ‎ (he)
• Hungarian: paripa (hu)
• Italian: destriero (it) m
• Latin: sonipes m
• Lithuanian: žirgas (lt) m
• Middle English: stede
• Old English: wicg n
• Polish: rumak (pl) m
• Portuguese: corcel (pt) m
• Russian: конь (ru) m (konʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: parip (sh) m
• Spanish: corcel (es) m
• Swedish: hingst (sv) c, springare (sv) c
• Turkish: küheylan (tr), aygır (tr)

See also

• horse

Anagrams

• Teeds, deest, deets, tedes

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

steed

1. Alternative form of stede (“place”)

Etymology 2

Noun

steed

1. Alternative form of stede (“steed”)

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian stede, which derives from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Cognates include West Frisian stêd.

Noun

steed n (plural steeden)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) city, town

Derived terms

• steedsmaan m
• steedswüf n
• steeds