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stede

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
stede, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§22; §55; §225; §386;
a place, spot, locality
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  • Mid wæter ymbtyrnd stede

    circumlutus locus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 15.
  • Se stede ys hálig ðe ðú on stenst

    locus, in quo stas, sanctus est,

      Jos. 5, 16.
  • Ðes ænga stede

    (Hell),

      Cd. Th. 23, 9; Gen. 356.
  • Hí cóman tó Brytene on ðam stede Heopwines fleót,

      Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 4.
  • In ðone stede ðe is gecueden Cerdices óra,

      495; Erl. 14, 10.
  • Ðone stede healdan,

      Byrht. Th. 132, 21; By. 19.
  • Tó hwí hremþ hit ðisne stede (

    quid terram occupat?

      Lk. 13, 7), Homl. Th. ii. 408, 5.
  • Eode on woestigum styd (steyde, Rush.)

    abiit in desertum locum,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 35.
  • Stydd,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 1.
  • Hí sǽton tú winter on ðám twám stedum,

      Chr. 887; Erl. 84, 33.
of fixed position,
a place which a person or thing occupies, an appointed place, station, site
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  • Hú neara ðære eorþan stede is

    arctum terrarum situm,

      Bt. 19; Fox 68, 23.
  • Ðæs fýres ágen stede is ofer eallum woruldgesceaftum gesewenlícum,

      33, 4; Fox 130, 16.
  • Heáfudponnes styd

    calvariae locus,

      Mt. Kmbl. 27, 33.
  • Ǽr mon ða stánas tó ðæm stede brohte ðe hié on standan scoldon,

      Past. 36; Swt. 253, 15.
  • Of hiora stede styrede,

      Met. 7, 25.
  • On his ágenum stede,

      Ps. Th. 102, 21.
  • Ne stande hé on his stede and endebyrdnesse, ac stande hé ealra ýtemest,

      R. Ben. 68, 10.
  • Sig him geþafod, ðæt hé stede æfter ðam abbode healde,

      106, 2.
  • Æsc stede rihte hylt, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344,

      26; Rún. 26.
  • Næfþ náðer ne sǽ ne eá nǽnne stede búton on eorðan,

      Lchdm. iii. 256, 2.
  • Gecerr suord ðín in styd his, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 52. II a. place, standing, position, status :-- Ðes dǽl (the participle) næfþ nán angin ne nǽnne stede of him sylfum, ac byþ of worde ácenned and becymþ syþþan tó his ágenre geþingðe, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 244, 17. II b.

    place, sphere of action

    :-- Gif ealle men on worulde ríce wǽron, ðonne næfde seó mildheortnys nǽnne stede,
      Wulfst. 287, 9.
of position in the case of a moving body
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  • Ne stira ðú, sunne, of ðam stede furðor ongeán Gabaon ... Ðá stód seó sunne on ðam stede,

      Jos. 10, 12, 13.
standing as opposed to moving, stopping, standing still. v. sunn-stede
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  • Hwæt is ðæs Hǽlendes stede oððe hwæt is his fær? Homl. Th. i. 156, 33. IV a. fig.

    stability, unchanging condition, fixity

    :-- Nán stede nis úres líchaman; cildhád gewít tó cnihtháde and cnihthád tó geðungenum wæstme,
      490, 2.
  • Stede ł staþal statum, stabilitatem, Hpt. Gl. 469, 12. IV b. state, condition :-- Stede

    status,

      Wülck. 254, 31.
  • On stede

    statu,

      Hpt. Gl. 458, 10.
  • Swá hwæt swá stede (statum) módes áhwyrfþ, Scint. 106, 7. IV c. as a technical medical term

    strangury

    :-- Wið stede and wið blǽddran sáre,
      Lchdm. i. 360, 4: 338, 3.
Etymology
[Goth. staþs: O. Sax. stedi: O. Frs. sted, stid, steith: O. H. Ger. stat; f. locus: Icel. staðr.]
Similar entries
v. æsc-, ǽl-, bæþ-, beorg-, burg-, camp-, deáþ-, ealh-, eard-, eolh-, eorþ-, folc-, gemót-, gener-, gléd-, heáfod-, heáh-, hleóðor-, hús-, land-, mearc-, meðel-, mylen-, sunn-, þing-, wang-, wíc-stede; cf, steall.
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v.  bed-stede hám-stede.
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