sted

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

stead, stedd

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English sted, from Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”)

NounEdit

sted (plural steds)

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

AdverbEdit

sted (not comparable)

(journalism, slang) short for instead of
- 2010 February 22, “Hong Kong rejoices over Berlin film prize”, in Long Island Press‎^[2], retrieved 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”, in Huffington Post‎^[3], retrieved 2012-07-25:
  Eds: CORRECTS name of city to 'Pass Christian' sted 'Port'. Moving on general news and financial services. AP Video.

ReferencesEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

DEST, ETDs, TEDs, Teds, dest, dest., estd, estd., teds

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse staðr (“place; city”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Cognate with German Statt and English stead, which are both restricted in their use. The meaning "city" is found in the cognates Danish stad, Swedish stad (“city”), and German Stadt (“city”).

The Danish form sted has its vowel from the plural, cf. stæder (“cities”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥ɛð]

NounEdit

sted n (singular definite stedet, plural indefinite steder)

place
spot
passage, text
homestead
stead
Jeg tog til kongen i min fars sted.
I went to the king in my father's stead.

InflectionEdit

Declension of sted

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

Derived termsEdit

(stead): i stedet, i stedet for

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥ɛˀð], [ˈsd̥ɛðˀ]

VerbEdit

sted

imperative of stede

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

stedd, stede

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

sted (plural steds)

a place, spot, locality
- a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
  
  Thus they fought two houres […] & in many stedys they were wounded.
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- c. 1400, Cursor Mundi:
  Paradis is a priue stedd, þar mani mirthes er e-medd.
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- c. 1450, The History of the Holy Grail:
  The kyng in þat Roche had non sted / Where that he Myhte hyden In his hed.
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a position or place occupied by someone
- c. 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:
  helpeth vp þat adoun was y-broȝthe; to hys kynd sted
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a house, property
- c. 1400, Cursor Mundi:
  All men o rome sal cum ... Tak vr folk and sted wit-all ...
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- c. 1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome:
  ... broght hym fro hys strenkyþfull stedd To grete Rome agayne.
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a state, condition
- c. 1450, Merlin:
  more sche hath decerved to be ded / thanne evere dyde my modyr jn ony sted.
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- c. 1465, Paston Letters:
  It..shul stand me in gret ste [read: sted] her if it mygth be do closly and suerly.
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