stede – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of stede

Noun: stede
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularstede
Pluralstedas

Genitive

Singularstedes
Pluralsteda

Dative

Singularstede
Pluralstedum

Accusative

Singularstede
Pluralstedas

Sample Sentences

  • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Holy Day of Pentecost"
  • Hi heoldon þæt gold unwurðlice, forðan ðe seo gitsung næfde nænne stede on heora heortan: forði hí dydon heora ðing him gemæne, þæt hí on soðre sibbe butan gytsunge beon mihton. (They held the gold as worthless, because covetousness had no place in their hearts: they made their goods in common, that they might be in true peace without covetousness.)
  • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  • Wōst þū nū þat þē man þǣr on tēhte þāra twelf tungla stēde and þāra sunne færeld? (Knowest thou what was there taught thee about the positions of the twelve stars and the path of the sun?)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, position”). Cognate with Old High German stat, Old Norse staðr. See: Old Norse Nouns 'staðr'.

Verbs referencing "stede"

English Nouns stay, English Nouns stage, English Nouns stead, English Nouns sted, Middle English Nouns stede, Old Norse Nouns staðr, English Nouns steading, Ancient Greek Nouns στάσις, English Nouns stathe.

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