steor
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
steor
- Alternative form of steer
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
steor
- Alternative form of stere (“rudder, control”)-
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *steuraz, whence also Old High German stior, Old Norse stjórr.
Noun edit
stēor m
- young bull
Declension edit
Declension of steor (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *stiuriją, from the verb *stiurijaną.
Noun edit
stēor n
Declension edit
Declension of steor (strong a-stem)
Noun edit
stēor f
- steering, direction, guidance
- rule, regulation; correction, discipline, reproof; rebuke, check, restraint
- punishment, penalty
Declension edit
Declension of steor (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Yola edit
Noun edit
steor
- Alternative form of starr
References edit
- 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