steadn.
/stɛd/, U.S. /stɛd/ 1. Standing still, as opposed to movement; stoppage, delay. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] > a stop or cessation of action or process
steadc1000
stayc1563
full stopa1586
period1590
death blow1596
vacation1617
stand1625
let-up1836
estop1884
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun]
steadc1000
leathc1175
abiding1340
broklinga1400
pausation1422
pausing1440
interceasingc1450
suspensing?1504
suspending1524
intermission1526
leathing1535
suspensationc1571
intercession1572
suspense1584
abeyance1593
suspension1603
recession1606
interruption1607
recess1620
intercision1625
intercessation1659
intermittency1662
pretermission1677
break1689
cess1703
intermittence1796
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 156 Hwæt is þæs Hælendes stede, oððe hwæt is his fær?
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 490 Sceawiað eac æfter ðisum, þæt nan stede nis ures lichaman: cildhad gewit to cnihthade, and cnihthad to geðungenum wæstme.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4654 All turnyt þaire tacle with trussyng of sailes, And stird hom full streight withouten stad more Into Awlida þe yle.
II. A point or tract in space. Cf. place n.1 I.† 2. A particular part of the earth's surface, or of space generally, considered as defined by its situation; a locality: = place n.1 5a. Obsolete.† a. with descriptive adjective. Obsolete.† b. defined by dependent genitive, or by relative clause. Obsolete.† c. indeterminately. Often coupled with time. in every stead: everywhere; similarly in any, no stead. Obsolete.† d. The place designated by the context. in, on (the, that) stead, on the spot, there. Obsolete.† e. in stead and stall: see in stead and stall at stall n.1 1.† f. to give stead = to give place at place n.1 Phrases 1b, give v. Phrases 1d. Obsolete.† g. abstract. Situation. Obsolete. rare.† 3. † b. the Steads n. [= Middle Low German de Steden] ‘the Cities’ of the Hanseatic League; the Hanse Towns. Also, the corporation of Hanse merchants in London. Obsolete.† 4. † 8. The framework which supports the bedding of a bed. Obsolete. Cf. bedstead n.
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c975 Rushw. Gosp. Mark i. 35 Ðona eode in westige stowe vel steyde & ðær gebæd.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 187 Circumlutus locus, mid wæter ymbtyrnd stede.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 85 Ðenne þe iuele gost..wandreð ouer al, fro driȝe stede to oder sechende reste.
c1290 St. Miȝhel 599 in S. Eng. Leg. 316 Novþe is þare uppe in þe ufte a swyþe cold stude, i-wis.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 388 Now se, mi Sone, which a sinne Is Sacrilege in holy stede.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. lviii. 79 Þat wyn whos grape..growys in playn and moyst valeyes, and stedys shadwyd.
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Bij Of hills, and dales, and secret steades He feanes him to be fayne.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L5v Great God it planted in that blessed stedd With his Almighty hand.
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the world > space > place > [noun]
stowc888
stokea900
steadc1000
placec1250
fletc1275
roomc1330
spotc1400
where1443
quarter1448
plat1556
stour1583
situation1610
ubity1624
c1000 Ælfric Joshua v. 16 For þam þe se stede ys halig, þe þu on stenst.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 22963 Þe stede o dome quar all sal mete.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 2548 Hij wendeþ to þe batailes stede And fyndeþ nouȝth bot bodies dede.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cxxi. iii. 6 Whiche Abbaye is in Sussex, in that stede Where the batayle was.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 160/1 And al sodeynly the stones opened and shewed to alle the peple the place and stede where the holy body restyd.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa2v And now they nigh approched to the sted, Where as those Mermayds dwelt: it was a still And calmy bay.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 261 Perceiueng..how Scopulous, stendirrie, or stanie, was the stedd, quhairon thay than stude.
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the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere
far and near or nighOE
in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250
high and low1525
here, there, and everywherea1593
in every stead1596
through long and broad ——1617
from Dan to Beersheba1738
all along the line1877
all over the auction1930
a1067 Charter of Eadweard in J. M. Kemble Codex Diplomaticus (1846) IV. 209 Wiðinne burhe and wiðuten and on æloe styde, be lande and be strande.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 236 Abute sunne liggeð six þinges. þet hit hulieð..Persone. stude. time. Manere. tale. cause.
c1230 Hali Meid. 22 Flih..þe stude & te time, þe mahten bringe þe on mis forte donne.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 2029 Yn stedys sere.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1701 For dedely syn and þe devell and he In a stede may noght to-gyder be.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 318 So þise ordris holden not cristis rewele neþer in tyme ne in stide for crist preyede..bi hym self vndir the cope of heuene.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 359 This Pilour,..A famous man in sondri stede Was of the werkes whiche he dede.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. xlvii. 75 Slepyng aftyr eityng vpon soft beddes & wele sauorand, in steydes & tymes couenable.
c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) viii. 9 Seche a stinke as I had thare..had I neuyr are No quere in no stid.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. i. 4 Waters, that so wyde ben spred, Be gedered togeder into one stede.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. ii. 39 Or quhar the schene lilleis in ony steid War pulderit wyth the vermel rosis reid.
1552–3 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 109 As the same was neadfully behoveable to be occupied from tyme to time at sondry steades.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes 122 Ought I, by wishe, to live in any stedde But closde with him together in the grave?
1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kiiij v Ofte cryed they..Lyke wounded wightes throughout the streetes, They sounded in eche stede.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. i. sig. Aav Next that ye Ladies ayde in euery stead and stound. View more context for this quotation
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the world > space > place > [noun] > the place designated by the context
steadc1000
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > there
in, on (the, that) steadc1000
c1000 Ælfric Joshua x. 12 Ne stira þu sunne of þam stede furðor ongean Gabaon.
c1000 Ælfric Joshua x. 13 Þa stod seo sunne on þam stede faste.
a1175 in Napier Holy Rood-tree 22 Ne mihte heom nan mon of þam stude awæcgan.
c1220 Bestiary 404 [The fox] goð o felde to a furȝ and..Ne stereð ȝe noȝt of ðe stede a god stund deies.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 2453 I þat ilke stude, anan, iwurðen twa wundres.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3175 A-nan se he wes wrað wið eni mon i þan stude he hine wolde slæn.
13.. Bonaventura's Medit. 135 To a logher place þey gunne þan to go... He made hem sytte downe yn þat stede.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 272 Bot the goddesse..appiereth in the stede, And hath..forbede That thei the children nocht ne sle.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1759 This hors and the two men than vanyst out of the stede.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8627 He stode þus in stid, starit hym vpon.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O3 He ran Vnto that stead, their strife to vnderstond.
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1042 in Thorpe Charters (1865) 348 Nu bidde ic ealle Godes freond..þæt hi for Godes eige næfre ne beon on stede ne on stealle þær æfre undon worðe þæt..we nu geunnen habben into þæt halige minstre.
c1220 Bestiary 489 Ðis wirm bitokneð ðe man ðat oðer biswikeð on stede er on stalle.
c1440 Rule St. Benet (Verse) Prol. 146 Þat to hys neghburs dose no noy In stede ne stayll, þaire staite to stroy.
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the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)]
to stand for ——lOE
to give steadc1340
to stand in a person's stead?a1515
to do (obs.), fill, serve, supply the stead of1558
to fill the room of1562
to usurp the place of1574
suppullulate1601
to stead upa1616
to take the place ofa1616
succenturiate1630
act1651
succeed1692
to do duty1825
c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 19 Bot if þe þinke it oþer-wyse, or elles any oþer man sauour by grace þe contrarye here-to, I leue þe saying and gyfe stede to hym.
138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 41 Sitte not in þe first place, lest..þe lord of þe feste bidde þee Ȝiue þis man stede.
c1480 (a1400) St. James Great 267 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 104 And þe stane, quhen he lad was þer, wex nesch as it wax war, and gaf sic sted to þat body, as It a grave had bene, in hy.
1483 Cath. Angl. 155/2 To Giffe stede, cedere, locum dare.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 322 Waylynge gyueth stede to ioye.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun]
stallc1000
logh11..
settlea1340
placea1375
steada1387
sitea1398
assizec1400
position?a1425
estal1480
stound1557
planting1585
location1592
positure1600
posture1605
seat1607
situs1629
ubi1630
ubiety1645
locus1648
locality1656
topography1658
whereness1674
lie1697
spot1769
locus standi1809
possie1916
ubicity1922
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 329 Þerfore first me schall telle of [þe] place and stede of þat lond [L. de situ terræ locali], how greet and what manere lond it is.
a. An inhabited place; a city, town, village, hamlet, etc.; occasionally a country, land. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [noun]
stead1297
tower and townc1330
wonec1330
seat and soila1400
inhabitationc1400
populationa1544
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1520 & hei duc of al þulke stude he clupede þen toun iwis After his name gloucestre.
a1300 Havelok 744 And for þat Grim þat place aute, Þe stede of Grim þe name laute.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1114 For men ðor sinne un-kinde deden, So for-sanc and brente ðat steden [Sodom].
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1163 A winde to wil him bare To a stede þer him was boun Neiȝe hand: Deluelin hiȝt þe toun.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 253 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 70 He met men bringand of þe sted a ȝonge man, þat wes ded.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9712 His body to britton, & his burgh take; All his stid to distroy, and his stith holdis.
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 96/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I These 2. [drinks] are very common in Kent, Worcester, & other steedes, where these kindes of fruites doe abounde.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > Hanseatic towns
the Steadsa1525
Hanse city1571
society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > group or body of > specific
Hanse1199
staple1423
the feat of merchandisec1503
corporation1530
Stilliardois1552
the Steads1557
galley-man1581
hong1769
a1525 Crying ane Playe 122 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 153 Denmark swetherik & noroway Na in þe steidis I dar nocht ga.
1533 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 414 The Cytees of Lubeke, Danske, Hamburgh, Bromeswyke, and all other the Stedes of the Haunse Tutonyk.
1552 in Acts Privy Council (1892) IV. 141 The Merchauntes of the Steedes, commonly called the Merchauntes of the Stilliarde.
1557 in Acts Privy Council (1893) VI. 73 The said Merchauntes..have alleadged..that the Steades have byn so letted by greate busynes as they coulde not sende thiere Agentes for the going forwarde with the said Diet.
1558 in Acts Privy Counc. VI. 315 The returne home into their cuntreys of the lxxvj hulkes of the Steades presently at Portesmouthe.
1558 T. Gresham in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) I. 484 Thatt you neavir restore the steydes called the Stillyarde againe to ther privelydge.
a. A definite spot on a surface, esp. on the surface of the body. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > region
steadc1000
regiona1398
zona1706
territory1824
tract1841
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 74 Lecge on ðone stede þe se spring on gesittan wolde.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 108 Bi halde ofte þer on [the crucifix] & cusse þe wunden stude.
c1300 Seyn Julian (Ashm.) 57 Fram þe necke to þe fot ech stude it þoruȝ soutȝe.
c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 578 [He] wolde ha striken Seraphe at a stude derne, vppon an hole of his helm.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 204 Thy vyne in oon stede alway, thou ne bynde.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xii. 230 Thus they fought two houres..& in many stedys they were wounded.
b. Scottish. A mark, imprint, vestige. Chiefly plural.
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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun]
signa1382
stepa1382
ficchingc1384
marka1400
tracesc1400
scentc1422
footstep?a1425
tidinga1440
relicc1475
smell?a1505
stead1513
vestigy1545
print1548
token1555
remnant1560
show1561
mention1564
signification1576
footing?1580
tract1583
remainder1585
vestige1602
wrack1602
engravement1604
footstepping1610
resent1610
ghost1613
impression1613
remark1624
footprint1625
studdle1635
vestigium1644
relict1646
perception1650
vestigiary1651
track1657
symptom1722
signacle1768
ray1773
vestigia1789
footmark1800
souvenir1844
latent1920
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. iv. 71 The pray half ettin behind thame lat thay ly, With fute steidis vile and laith to se.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 170 The reliques or stedis thairof [sc. Adrian's Wall] this day ar seine, ȝit named the Vale of Adrian.
1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Stede Fute stedis, foot steps, tract or print of the feet: For Stead Scot. is commonly taken for the foundation or ground on which a house or such like stands, or the tract or impression made in the Earth, and appearing when they are taken away.
1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds iv. 32 He nippit my twa lugs till he eft the stedt o' his fingers as plainly upon them as [etc.].
1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man v. 35 On the trampled clay and mud, there were the steads of naked feet.
5. Chiefly with possessive.† b. A space or place assigned to or occupied by a person; a seat. Obsolete.† c. The place where a body of soldiers is stationed, a military position. Obsolete.
a. The place assigned to, belonging to or normally occupied by a thing; appointed or natural place. Obsolete exc. archaic.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > appointed to or usually occupied by a person or thing
steadc888
seatc1275
placea1375
pewc1400
roomc1450
quarterc1550
instalment1589
tenement1592
berth1816
kennel1853
lieua1859
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiii. §5 Ac þæs fyres agen stede is ofer eallum woruldgesceaftum gesewenlicum.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 117 God bi-quuad watres here stede.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 731 Thou wost..That euery kyndely thynge that is Hath a kyndely stede ther he May best in hyt conserued be.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 2 The fyrst day, as Saynt Jerom sayth, þe see schall aryse vp yn hyr styd.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xii. 228 The mast in its stead we 'stablished and hauled the sails in air.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > place of
steadc960
seatc1275
sitting placea1382
sitting?a1425
c960 Rule St. Benet (1885) xliii. 68 Ne stande he on chore on his stede and endebyrdnesse, ac stande he ealra ytemest.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1418 Þe soþe myght y neuer wytte, who shuld yn þo stedys sytte.
c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1907) 106 Sitte and take thy stede in the lowest place.
c1400 Gamelyn 851 Whan Gamelyn was i-set in the justices stede.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I2v The souldier may not moue from watchfull sted, Nor leaue his stand, vntill his Captaine bed.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. iii. 85 Where glorious Cities stood,..There shrieching Satyres fill the peoples emptie steads.
1751 G. West Education 51 Fir'd with th' Idea of her future Fame She rose majestick from her lowly sted.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun]
stationa1325
steadc1330
ward1487
post1642
position1781
field posta1783
field position1785
depot1798
battle station1830
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5085 He did sette in wardes [v.r. stedes] seers, Knyghte to wachem, & squiers.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 39/1 in Chron. I Being returned into Gallia, [he] placed his souldiers in steeds to soiourne there for the winter season.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 49/1 in Chron. I Plautius..placed garrisons in steedes, where neede required, to keepe those places whiche hee had gotten.
1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 53 A vast Route..Had for their safety..Got in their flight into so strong a sted, So fortifi'd by nature..They might not thence, but with much blood be brought.
6. A property or estate in land; a farm; also †a portion of an estate.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a landed property or estate
homeOE
landsc1000
estrec1275
manorc1300
stead1338
room?a1513
soil1575
demesne1584
proprietary1608
land-gooda1626
country estate1692
property1719
quinta1754
estate1772
hacienda1772
concern1787
finca1909
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 247 Þe dettes þat men þam auht, þer stedes & þer wonyng, Wer taxed.
1452 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) II. 387 All the tenants..except them that occupies the grangis and steids whilk war in the hands of the said Earle William.
1487 Exch. Rolls Scot. IX. 470 (note) All and hale our stedis of Catslak [etc.] with aucht hundreith scheip..apon the said stedis.
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 212 Thou has a tome purs, I haue stedis and takkis.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 532 And mony ane out of his awin hous chaist, And mony sted wnpleneist lyand waist.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 43 Thilke same bene shepeheards for the Deuils stedde.
1594–5 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. ii. 255 A farme or stead, worthe 20 l.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Stead, Sted, Stid, a place, a farm house and offices.
1887 W. Stokes tr. Tripartite Life Patrick 139 On the water is a stead, Buale Patraic (‘Patrick's Byre’) is its name.
1889 H. R. Haggard Allan's Wife vii I took a Hottentot..who lived on the stead, into my confidence.
7. A site for a building; the land on which a building stands; also, an enclosure attached to a building, a yard. (Cf. farmstead n., homestead n., mowstead n.)
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > actually occupied
stead1246
sitec1400
station?1440
situation1542
residency1579
platform1589
region1664
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s)
toft1001
stead1246
sole1417
sitea1443
plota1450
toftstead1524
ground-plat?a1560
ground-plot1580
seat1615
parterre1671
building-lot1701
emplacement1780
steading1822
building-place1839
block1840
subdivision1857
building-ground1858
building-estate1885
building-land1905
island site1907
island plot1908
tract1912
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] > (back or front) yard
yardOE
backside1450
stead1546
outyard1600
lot1657
backyard1659
outlet1667
area1712
back lot1714
backlet1724
door-yardc1764
front yard1767
rear yard1800
tenement yard1874
sitooterie1994
1246–68 Cockersand Chartul. (Chetham) III. i. 843 Quamdam partem terræ in Caton jacentem subtus le Walkemilnestude infra has divisas, scilicet [etc.].
1534 Munim. de Melros (Bannatyne Club) 629 Giff it sall happyn ws..till byg..ane walk myll on þe said myll sted within þe saidis landis.
1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1894) I. 181 A barne stede j garden stede.
1610 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 80 Lie teind-barne et teind-barne yaird, cum lie peithous-steid.
1634 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 103 2 terras husb. et 3 terras cott. et lie grasteid.
1773 East Cottingwith Incl. Act 7 Messuage steads and cottage steads.
1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 165 The ‘steads’ or sites of many disused ‘walk mills’ or fulling mills.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > parts of bed > [noun] > bedstead
bedsteadc1440
steada1475
bedstock1483
stock1525
bed-case1557
bed-frame1815
bed-irons1863
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 517 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 316 Þen..þe vssher..Brynges hym in bed where he shalle wynke; In strong styd on palet he lay.
1625 F. Quarles Sions Sonets xi. iii The Bridall bed of Princely Solomon,..Was but of Cedar; and her Sted of gold.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 93 With Wars and Taxes others waste their own,..To loll on Couches, rich with Cytron Steds . View more context for this quotation
1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. III. 102 The valance or curtain that hangs round the tester and stead of the bed.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Stead, the frame of a bed.
III. Metaphorical and idiomatic uses.† 9. In various rare or occasional uses.† 10. † 11. An office or position assigned to or held by a person. Obsolete.
a. Abiding-place (of hope, passions, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > seat of the emotions > [noun]
souleOE
ghostOE
steadc1200
c1200 Vices & Virtues 95 Ðe faste hope hafð hire stede up an heih.
1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. lxx In thyn herte where the stede of loue is thou sholde mow haue parte of suche loue to thyn euen crysten.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3403 Wengeance, in þis good lord, hadde no stide.
b. to take stead: to take effect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > become active or come into operation
to take steadc1175
commencec1380
to take effect1385
to come into force (also to take force)1491
to come into (also in) play1568
inure1589
enure1607
to break out1862
to make with ——1940
bite1976
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10101 Hiss spell toc mikell stede i þa. Þatt herrdenn whatt he seȝȝde.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 29274 On þam þis cursing stede first takes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19266 And custom it es..Quen lagh es mad bituix þam neu At þe biginning for to be redd, þat dred mai do þe lagh ta sted.
c. in good (etc.) stead: in good (etc.) circumstances.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > in specific circumstances
in good (etc.) steada1400
a1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. H. 30 Whanne he was out of wraþþe and was in god stad.
c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 91 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 49 Ȝet, þo scho wes in pouir stede & nocht with hyr fadir cane be fede, nocht-þane [etc.].
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig.Y6 With the souse thereof full sore aghast, He staggered to and fro in doubtfull sted . View more context for this quotation
d. A space of time. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time
tidea900
while971
fristOE
stemOE
throwOE
timeOE
selea1250
piecec1300
termc1300
stagea1325
whilesc1330
space?a1400
racec1400
spacec1405
termine1420
parodya1425
timea1425
continuancec1440
thrallc1450
espace1483
space of timec1500
tracta1513
stead1596
reach1654
amidst1664
stretch1698
spell1728
track1835
lifetime1875
time slice1938
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vii. sig. Ff [He] though she were with wearinesse nigh dead, Yet would not let her lite, nor rest a little stead . View more context for this quotation
a. A place or passage in Scripture or other writing.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > a place in a book
steadc1175
placec1330
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > passage
writeOE
steadc1175
text1377
scripturec1384
parcela1398
verse1560
versicle1737
verset1861
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 73 On oðer stude of rihte ileue spec þe apostle and seið..Inpossibile [etc.].
a1200 Vices & Virtues 81 An oðer stede he seið, godd: Ve qui ridetis [etc.].
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 75 Wecche is in hali writ i feole studen i preiset.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 187 Iwriten on oþer stude [c1230 Corpus iwriten elleshwer].
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 131 As dauid seith in þe sauter..; And in an other stede also velud [etc.].
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 264 Ful many an other thing sche dede, Which is noght writen in this stede.
c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. Acts xiii. 35 And tharfor on ane vthir stede he sais, Thou sal nocht geue thi hali to se corruptioun.
1557 R. Pole in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) III. ii. App. lxviii. 507 And what is the benedictyon of this stede of almesse, the prophete Esaias shewethe in that same place.
b. A point in order of progression. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > a stage in a process or development
degreec1230
greea1340
steadc1370
pointc1475
nick1649
stadium1669
notch1670
grade1796
step1811
milestone1820
way station1863
c1370 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 454 When þou has made þis orison, þen shal þow with deuocion Make þi prayeres in þat stede for alle þi frendes, þat are dede.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun]
steadc1000
noteOE
officec1300
ministry?a1475
rooma1485
placea1500
roomth1544
place1558
post1562
berth1720
situation1766
job1781
sit1853
spot1859
billet1870
engagement1884
shop1885
gig1908
lurk1916
possie1916
number1928
site1930
sits vac1945
hat1966
c1000 Ælfric Homilies in Sweet Sel. Hom. Ælfr. 9 Þu geearnast..þone stede þe se deofol of afeoll þurh ungehyrsumnysse.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 3 Constantin & Maxence weren, on ane time, as in keiseres stude hehest i Rome.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 121 Asscanius þe kene þe wes i kinges stude. four & þritti winter he heold þat lond.
a1300 Fall & Passion 17, 18 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 13 Har [Lucifer & his angels] stides for to ful fille þat wer i-falle for prude an hore, god makid adam to is wille to fille har stides þat wer ilor.
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 363 When..any is absente, they that be present schal fulfylle ther stedes.
c1600 in Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. (1902) 16 46 [They] shall continue in the said office place Roome and Stead of Assistants till [etc.].
12. The place, ‘room’, ‘lieu’, or function (of a person or thing) as held by a substitute or a successor. Only in certain phrases.† a. to keep (a person's) stead: to be (his) deputy, act on (his) behalf. So to commit one's stead to (another). Obsolete. † e. in stead of: see instead adv. 1a. Obsolete. † g. in the stead: instead of it, as a substitute.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as delegate or deputy [verb (intransitive)]
to keep (a person's) steadc1450
vicariate1827
deputize1869
substitute1888
to stand in1904
rep1922
society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > depute or delegate authority > appoint as delegate, deputy, or substitute > in one's place
to commit one's stead toc1450
suborn1560
c1450 Godstow Reg. 72 He committid his stede to eueriche of hem, with þe powere of lawful constreininge.
c1450 Godstow Reg. 131 Whenne Ralph, prior of wircetur, kepid þe stede of Roger, bisshoppe of wircetur.
c1450 Godstow Reg. 350 A-fore þe prior of walingeforde, principall iugge, & the chaunter of walingeforde, kepynge the stedys of the abbottes of Abendon & of dorchester.
b. to †do (obs.), fill, serve, supply the stead of, to serve as a substitute for. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)]
to stand for ——lOE
to give steadc1340
to stand in a person's stead?a1515
to do (obs.), fill, serve, supply the stead of1558
to fill the room of1562
to usurp the place of1574
suppullulate1601
to stead upa1616
to take the place ofa1616
succenturiate1630
act1651
succeed1692
to do duty1825
1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes iii. f. xiiiv Martyrdome..dothe supplye the steede of Babtysme,..when onely necessitie..excludeth the Sacrament.
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) vii. lviii. 188 Conducting their fresh troupes against their King (Who leaves a woman to supply his steed).
1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 244 Suffering sometimes doth the steed of baptisme.
1837 C. Lofft Self-formation I. 199 They may serve the stead of presence of mind, to a certain point at least.
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 2 The allied Percichthys replaces it in temperate South America,..while in northern China Siniperca fills its stead.
c. in the stead of: (a) in the room of, in succession to (one who has died, has retired from or is superseded in an office); †(b) as the deputy or representative of (obsolete); †(c) in lieu of, instead of (a person or thing that might more naturally have been chosen, have happened, etc.) (obsolete); (d) in lieu of, in exchange for (something given up); (e) predicatively, to be in the stead of (also, ? nonce-use, †to be in stead for), to make up for the want of. Now somewhat archaic.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > as deputy or representative [phrase]
in his steadc1230
in the stead ofa1325
in (the) person ofa1425
in the personage of1558
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > in place of [preposition]
in (the) lieu ofc1290
in the stead ofa1325
stead of14..
in the way ofa1475
in the room of1526
in (the) place of1533
in the roomth of1565
instead1667
vice1770
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [phrase] > in succession to another
in the stead ofa1325
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > in place of [preposition] > in exchange for
withc893
againOE
againstc1225
in the stead ofa1325
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > make up for the want of
in the stead of1839
(a)
(b)c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 55 Siþ prelatis & prestis ordeyned of good comen in þe stede of postlis & disciples, þei ben alle bounden..to preche þus þe gospel.(c)a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 16 If ȝe haue non preparate redy..þanne take in þe stide þerof fyn brennynge watir.c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 6 Þat þe peple..worschip not..þe fend in þe sted of Crist.a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 146 I putte lateyn in the stydde of Englyshe.1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. xxv. sig. C ijv For whych cause a capitayne..wyll cause false tales..to be sparpled abrode, in the stede and place of true tydynges.1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xx. 289 They brought home comfort to their distressed Army in the stead of help.1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles (1789) 35 Sometimes they shew a painted idol in the stead of him [God].(d)a1761 W. Law Comfort Weary Pilgrim (1809) 101 It was human nature..that had lost its first heavenly life and got a bestial, diabolical life in the stead of it.1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §3. 775 A Constitution..was accepted by Lewis the Sixteenth in the stead of his old despotic power.(e)1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. F8v A tall young oake he bore, Whose knottie snags were sharpned all afore, And beath'd in fire for steele to be in sted . View more context for this quotation1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminisc. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 248/1 This pleasure was to him in the stead of many libraries.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 425 Ðan bar ghe seht in ðe stede Of caym ðat abel for-dede.
1558 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 481 Mr. Thomas Fynen is elected Alderman in the styde of Mr. John Nangle.
1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 328 Matthias II. being raised to the imperial throne in the stead of his deceased brother.
1784 Acts & Laws Connecticut 159 Such Select-men and Committees as shall from Time to Time succeed, and come in the Room and Stead of others removed by Death.
d. in his stead (or with any other possessive): (a) as a successor in his room (cf. 12c (a)); (b) as his deputy or representative (archaic), also †predicatively; †(c) as a substitute in the place occupied by him (obsolete); (d) instead of him (cf. 12c (c)).Now only literary. Formerly the plural steads was often used when preceded by a plural possessive.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > as deputy or representative [phrase]
in his steadc1230
in the stead ofa1325
in (the) person ofa1425
in the personage of1558
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adverb]
in his steadc1230
in one's room1489
in the steada1525
by substitute1597
in lieu1599
instead1667
vicariously1868
rather1967
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adverb] > as a successor or by succession (of persons)
in his steadc1230
successively1597
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adverb] > in one's place
in his stead1590
(a)
(b)c1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) lxiii. 41 Þabbesse, for sho es in godis stede, sal be callid ‘dame’.1417 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 238 Charjng the captens and cunstables to take other in hor styddes.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 238 Send in ȝour steid Ȝour ladeis, grathit vp gay.1560 Bible (Geneva) Gen. xxx. 2 Am I in Gods stede, which hathe withholden from thee the frute of the wombe?1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus ii. xxxi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 288 In their steede which were absent, their readers and Deacons subscribed.a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) vii. 24 Acknowledging that he was unto him in Gods stead.(c)1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. L2v The seedes of shame I from my heart remooue, And in their steads I set downe plants of Grace.1612 R. Coverte True Rep. Englishman 5 Which sheepe we tooke with vs and left sixe beasts or bullocks in their steads.1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 109 Thou..wert willing to put thy soul in our souls stead.1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 180 Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang some curious cobweb in its stead.1774 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. to Son I. viii. 21 Diana put a hind in her [Iphigeneia's] stead.1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. xiii. 310 Zarah..admitted that she had deranged the project..by placing the dwarf in her own stead.(d)c1230 Hali Meid. 10 For under weole, i wunnes stude þu hauest her ofte helle.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. x. 133 Some busie carpers will scorne at my new deuised termes: auricular and sensable, saying that I might with better warrant haue vsed in their steads these words, orthographicall or syntacticall.1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 300 A Lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babling blockheads in his stead.1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 769 Down falls the venerable pile... Springs a palace in its stead But in a distant spot.1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 7 Terror reigns in sorrow's stead.1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 62 Or unless Some maiden..Offers her life for that of her lord, And is willing to die in his stead.1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 241 Each seemed to substitute in its stead something that he liked better.1859 C. M. Yonge Cameos liv, in Monthly Packet Oct. 338 He begged the king to choose, in his stead, one of the numerous royal princes.c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1207 Thai sschal..Put the out of thi kinges sete, And sette him stede inne thine.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 39 Leste þe kyng and his Counseil ȝor Comunes apeire, And beo stiward in oure stude.
c1400 Rom. Rose 4862 Whanne fader or moder arn in grave, Hir children shulde..Ful diligent ben, in her steede.
c1480 (a1400) Prol. 161 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 5 Mathias wes chosin in his stede.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) ii. 31 Chancerye and Eschequer were cleene abolished..and newe Courtes errected in theire steedes by the saied Statute.
1696 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 260 A new saxton to be chosen in his roome or steed.
f. stead of = instead of. (See instead adv.) Now only dialect and colloquial, and usually considered (also as 'stead) to represent instead adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > in place of [preposition]
in (the) lieu ofc1290
in the stead ofa1325
stead of14..
in the way ofa1475
in the room of1526
in (the) place of1533
in the roomth of1565
instead1667
vice1770
14.. in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 76 The whyche..Songe a balad stede of the masse.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1494) ix. xxix. G ij Sabath desyrous to succede Stede of his brother the kingdom to possede.
1612 R. Daborne Christian turn'd Turke sig. Fv [He] who adiudg'd to death By his heads losse, should craue (stead of one stroke) To dye a lingring torment on the racke.
1791 E. Nairne Poems 131 And backwards, 'sted of forwards, walk.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 224 Or if, stead o' that, ye wad but dine wi' them at the Change-house.
1903 K. D. Wiggin Rebecca Sunnybrook Farm xxvi. 279 Rebecca's fifty dollars had to be swallowed up in a mortgage, 'stead of goin' towards school expenses.
1916 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion ii. 121 I want to be a lady in a flower shop stead of selling at the corner of Tottenham Court Road.
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 283 They ought to told you every last word first stead of trying every which way to kinder smear it out poison long.
1971 Black World Oct. 62/1 The sweet-potato bread was a dollar quarter this time stead of dollar regular.
1978 J. Thomson Question of Identity x. 100 He'd've been all right with me... 'Stead of which..he marries her.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adverb]
in his steadc1230
in one's room1489
in the steada1525
by substitute1597
in lieu1599
instead1667
vicariously1868
rather1967
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 777 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 He couth cary ye cowpe of ye kingis dess Syne leve in ye sted Bot a blak bunwed.
1567 Gude & Godlie Ball. 145 All Ire and malice thow put vs fra, Thy seruandis gouerne in the steid.
1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises i. I 2 b Stage-dir., Guy and Eustace..beate the Pagans, take away the Crownes on their heads and in the stead hang vp the contrary Shields.
1711 J. Swift Argument abolishing Christianity in Misc. Prose & Verse 177 Altering the Constitution of the Church Established, and setting up Presbytery in the stead.
h. to stand in stead of, instead of, in the stead of: see stand v..
ΚΠ
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3521 He..seide to þe quene, þat..he wold in hire sones stede stand euer at nede.
IV. Advantage, profit.
13. † b. to serve (one) in some, no stead, to be of some, no advantage or profit to (one). Obsolete.
a. Advantage, avail, profit, service, support; esp. in to stand in stead, also †to stand to stead, †to stand stead; to do, †make, †render stead. Now only archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun]
fremea700
redeeOE
noteeOE
goodOE
goodnessOE
framec1175
winc1175
bihevec1230
behoofc1275
advantagec1300
prowc1300
wellc1300
wainc1315
profita1325
bewaynec1375
vantagec1380
goodshipc1390
prewa1400
steada1400
benefice1426
vailc1430
utilityc1440
of availc1450
prevaila1460
fordeal1470
winning1477
encherishingc1480
benefit1512
booty1581
emolument1633
handhold1655
withgate1825
cui bono1836
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26512 It sal stand in sted sumquar.
c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 66 Bot þis haþe no stede bot to so streyt a wounde þat þe been may take within his extremitez þe extremitez of þe wounde.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vi. 61 The giltyn mailȝeis makis hym na steyd, For in the coist he tholis dynt of deyd.
1524 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 389 Ane precept of seysing without charter or ony oþer euident followand þerapoune suld do nane steide nor be of effect.
1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 112 To rendre all hert, lefull service, steide, and pleasure, that lyeth in our power.
1524 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 139 [They] may and shal do grete stede in advertising the Kinges Grace from tyme to tyme..of the procedinges.
1545 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) X. 272 And now last of all what a stede His Highnes entryng in to the warre was to Him.
1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 47 Thai ar contentit to do steid and service to the said Schir Neill.
1551 Princess Mary Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 165 Of my good wyll and prayour to do you stede or pleasur, you shalbe ever duryng my lief assured.
1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 113 He..assured him by passed experience what stead your language was to us in the time of our imprisonment.
1637 J. Milton Comus 21 But here thy sword can doe thee little stead.
1643 Orkney Witch Trial in Abbotsford Club Misc. I. 175 I was about the loch with Jonet Sklateris,..but it is for no stead, it will never mend hir.
a1670 J. Spalding Troubles Charles I (Bannatyne Club) I. 294 And sic [beasts] as wold not call thay hocht and slew, that thay sould never mak steed.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 396 Stead, aid, assistance, usefulness.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 22 The two grey points that did him stead And passed their eagle-owner to the front.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)]
helpc1000
goodOE
steadc1175
to do (one) boot?c1225
advancec1330
profitc1330
availc1384
servea1398
vaila1400
vailc1400
prevail1442
advantage?1459
vantagec1460
bootc1540
benefit1549
conduce?1577
to serve (one) in some, no stead1601
bonify1603
answer1756
better1833
to stand to ——1841
to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > be useless for [verb (transitive)] > be of no use to
to stand (a person) in (great, no, etc.) service1542
to serve (one) in some, no stead1601
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xv. 200 His hornes bend so inward..that they serve him in no steed at all for fight.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 405 We knew the Convoy he intended us, would serve us in no stead.
1678 Spanish Hist. 170 What stead would the Queens word then serve me in.
1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 46 I told him all his speculations of Philosophy would not serve him in any stead.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vii. 34 I am glad I have made the Experiment, it may serve me in some stead.
Compounds
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > deputy or substitute
depute1405
deputy1405
suffragana1450
steads bearingc1460
excuser1461
debity1467
stead-holdingc1480
debite1482
stead holderc1485
placeholder1560
surrogate1604
substitute1650
steadsman1876
understudy1882
c1460 Oseney Reg. 92 By þe vicare of Cudelynton or his stedys beryng [L. vel eius vices gerentem].
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > deputy or substitute
depute1405
deputy1405
suffragana1450
steads bearingc1460
excuser1461
debity1467
stead-holdingc1480
debite1482
stead holderc1485
placeholder1560
surrogate1604
substitute1650
steadsman1876
understudy1882
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 104 Verray vicare and stede haldare till oure lord jhesu Crist.
† †stead-holding n. Scottish Obsolete a ‘locum tenens’, substitute, deputy.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > deputy or substitute
depute1405
deputy1405
suffragana1450
steads bearingc1460
excuser1461
debity1467
stead-holdingc1480
debite1482
stead holderc1485
placeholder1560
surrogate1604
substitute1650
steadsman1876
understudy1882
c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 647 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 391 Bot opunyonys ware sere, quhethyr þire twa papis were, or þe papis sted-haldande.
stead-horse n. dialect (see quot. 1894).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls wagon > used in specific professions
coal horse1384
beer-horse1560
malt-horse1561
malt mare1594
higgler1707
stead-horse1708
pit pony1876
tip-horse1912
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 14 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) The Banck's-Man..leads his Stead-Horse away with the Loaden Corfe.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Steed A ‘steed (or stead) horse’ is a horse employed upon a pit heap-steed.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property
town-reeveeOE
reeveeOE
gravec1175
procuratorc1300
dispender1340
provost1340
bailiec1375
officerc1375
dispenserc1380
proctora1382
dispensator1382
farmerc1384
approverc1386
husbanda1387
stewardc1405
chamberlain1423
procurer1477
factor1520
bailiff1528
land-steward1535
improver1536
grieve1537
amtman1582
administrator1596
stead-man1609
dapifer1636
vogt1694
house jobber1709
commissioner1760
foreman1774
house agent1793
ground-officer1815
land-agent1846
wic-reeve1853
steadward1876
house farmer1882
house-knacker1884
land-sergeant1894
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) at Steward Steed-man, the keeper of the place.
1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox Gloss. 338 A farm in old speech was a stead, And to the stead-man's name oft wed.
steadsman n. dialect a substitute, deputy.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > deputy or substitute
depute1405
deputy1405
suffragana1450
steads bearingc1460
excuser1461
debity1467
stead-holdingc1480
debite1482
stead holderc1485
placeholder1560
surrogate1604
substitute1650
steadsman1876
understudy1882
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Steeadsman, a substitute for another person.
ΚΠ
1591 H. Smith Preparatiue to Mariage 106 A stepmother dooth signifie a stedmother, that is, one mother dyeth, and another commeth in her stead.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]
steadfastnessa1000
anrednessOE
stead-stathelfastness?c1225
stability13..
steadfastshipc1320
traistnessa1340
constance1340
sadnessc1384
unmovablenessc1384
hardnessa1400
steadfastheadc1400
unmobletya1425
firmitya1450
constancy1526
constantness1530
firmitude?1541
firmness1553
stoutness1561
settledness1571
cleaving1580
solidity1607
immovableness1617
staunchness1623
fixedness1626
fixationa1631
unswayednessa1656
steadiness1663
sturdiness1675
unbendingness1824
indomitability1851
indomitableness1860
thick and thin1884
fixity1885
unshakability1907
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 5 Nan ancre ne schal bi mi read..bihaten..buten þreo þinges. þet beoð obedience. chastete. & studestaþeluestninge [Scribe B stude uestnesse].
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property
town-reeveeOE
reeveeOE
gravec1175
procuratorc1300
dispender1340
provost1340
bailiec1375
officerc1375
dispenserc1380
proctora1382
dispensator1382
farmerc1384
approverc1386
husbanda1387
stewardc1405
chamberlain1423
procurer1477
factor1520
bailiff1528
land-steward1535
improver1536
grieve1537
amtman1582
administrator1596
stead-man1609
dapifer1636
vogt1694
house jobber1709
commissioner1760
foreman1774
house agent1793
ground-officer1815
land-agent1846
wic-reeve1853
steadward1876
house farmer1882
house-knacker1884
land-sergeant1894
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Steeadward, the keeper of the stead or place; a steward. Old local document.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
steadv.
/stɛd/, U.S. /stɛd/ I. To stand in stead.† 2. To serve (a person) for. Obsolete.† 3. to stead up: to fulfil in the stead of another.
1. transitive. (The object was probably originally dative)† d. To serve (one's turn), minister to (necessities, desires). Obsolete.† e. To supply with something helpful. Also const. of. Obsolete.† f. To suffice for, serve the needs of. Also absol. Scottish. Obsolete.
a. impersonal or with subject a clause, infinitive, or noun of action: To avail, profit, be of use to (a person); †to help (a person) to do something. Also absol. Now archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)]
helpc1000
goodOE
steadc1175
to do (one) boot?c1225
advancec1330
profitc1330
availc1384
servea1398
vaila1400
vailc1400
prevail1442
advantage?1459
vantagec1460
bootc1540
benefit1549
conduce?1577
to serve (one) in some, no stead1601
bonify1603
answer1756
better1833
to stand to ——1841
to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > (a person) to do something
helpc1175
steadc1175
piggyback1968
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 77 Men þet..nulleð heore sunnen forleten boð on þe doules on-walde, and þet hwile ne studed hom nawiht þet ho singe pater noster.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4681 Þai with stode hom a stoure, but it stad litle.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ix. sig. V4 Perhaps my succour, or aduizement meete Mote stead you much your purpose to subdew.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 54 My intercession likewise steades my foe. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 106 So it steed you I will write..a thousand times as much. View more context for this quotation
1619 M. Drayton Idea in Poems (rev. ed.) 258 Since to obtaine thee, nothing me will sted, I haue a Med'cine that shall cure my Loue.
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 31 The concession of which will only steed us as a Refuge for Ignorance.
1832 Miss Mitford in T. A. Trollope What I Remember (1887) II. 339 Your answering these questions will stead me much.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. ix. 158 It steads not the doomed man that he have interviews with the King.
1838 R. W. Emerson Oration before Lit. Societies 17 Translate, collate, distil all the systems, it steads you nothing.
1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia iv. 274 How hath it steaded man to pray.
b. Of a thing: To be useful or advantageous to. Also absol. Now archaic (rare.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)]
dowc950
frameOE
fremeOE
helpc1000
gainc1175
holdc1175
vail1303
yainc1325
it is speedfulc1340
profit1340
speedc1380
prowa1400
bootc1400
prevailc1450
avail1489
mister1490
skill1528
stead1594
advantagea1616
conduce1624
1594 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond (ed. 2) lxxxvii All these teares you shed will nothing steed.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. viii. 134 The Sarmates laying aside their bowes which steeded them but a short time, ran in to the enimie with their swordes and lances.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ix. xxiv. 331 The place will steed you, I know.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 477 Heere-by, a Crane shall steed in building, more Then hundred Porters busie paines before.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 273 It is cleere that they [sc. spiders] were made to serue and stead vs to many excellent vses.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 166 Rich garments, linnens, stuffs, and necessaries Which since haue steeded much. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 88 Had you that craft to reaue her Of what should stead her most? View more context for this quotation
1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 54 Which fish is in all those parts in great request, and steeds them greatly.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 79 Arrowes, speares, and javelings to steede them in occasions of boording.
1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes iii, in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 11/2 But guess not how the qualities required For such an office..Would little stead us otherwise employed.
1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 254 No adjectives would stead me.
c. With subject a person: To succour, help, render service to. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)]
helpc897
filsteOE
filsenc1175
gengc1175
succourc1250
ease1330
to do succourc1374
favour1393
underset1398
supply1428
aid1450
behelp1481
adminiculate?1532
subleve1542
to help a (lame) dog over a stile1546
adjuvate1553
to stand at ——1563
assista1578
opitulate1582
stead1582
bestead1591
help out (also through)1600
serve1629
facilitate1640
auxiliate1656
juvate1708
gammon1753
lame duck1963
piggyback1968
1582 T. Mathew in Nicolas Mem. Sir C. Hatton (1847) 300 Knowing how much you have steaded me therein from time to time.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. xxxii. 452 If they could haue bethought themselues of any other meanes besides, wherein they might steed and befriend them.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. Summary Concl. sig. Pppppp2/2 They [sc. the Britons] steeded the Romanes in most of their Conquests.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 338 I could neuer better steede thee then now. View more context for this quotation
1625 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Free Schoole of Warre 15 The Sea of Rome in times past was for the most part wont to steede it selfe with the endeauours of the Minor obseruant Fryers.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 92 I shall be glad to steed you in any thing that may bend to your advantage.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 215 It's like I may pleasure you, and stead your father in his extremity.
1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde ii. iii. ii Alas! Would I could stead you more than with the prayers Of such a sinful creature!
1888 G. Gissing Life's Morning II. 147 The consciousness of what was before her killed her power to stead him in his misery.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful to [verb (transitive)]
deserve1382
stead1571
bestead1589
serve1629
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxii. 1) i. f. 269 If kings had ynough in themselves too stedde their turnes withall.
1573 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job xxxi. 16–23. 535 True it is that wee cannot steade all the necessities that we see.
1603 N. Breton Merrie Dialogue 14 If in either my aduise, or better meanes I may stead your desire, you shall [etc.].
1605 A. Warren Poore Mans Passions E 4 b So Competence Necessities may steede.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > supply with something helpful
stead1587
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 641 He sendeth vs pardone, and steadeth vs of a Surety that is able to pay our depts:..this Surety is the Messias.
1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (ii.) f. 9v The great power of God to furnish and steede himselfe euer with meanes to effect his wyll.
1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 207 Thou..thoughtst fit to stead him with such a society, as might make his life comfortable to him.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)]
stead1497
1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 335 Item,..for ane cabil tow to stede the well of Dunbar quhen it was red.
1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 357 Item, to Schir Andro, to steid the pur folk for vij owkis, xxj lib.
1519 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 190 That na maner of persouns..by ony meill in greitt, mair nor will steid his awin hous honestly quhill Michaelmes nixttocum.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 71 Victuall als to steid for fourtie dais.
1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. A.iiii Thy saffron plot..shal stede both thine own house, and next neighbour too.
g. dialect. In passive: see quots.
ΚΠ
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 396 Stedded, suited—engaged. ‘I can't git no work—the farmers are all stedded.’
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Stead, to supply a place left vacant. ‘I am at last steaded with a servant.’
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful to [verb (transitive)] > in the way specified
serve1533
stead1563
1563 N. Winȝet tr. St. Vincent of Lérins For Antiq. Catholike Fayth Ded., in Certain Tractates (1890) II. 6 A litle..instrument that may suffice ws..for a speir or a spade..; and with that also may sted for a bricht lantern.
a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) iv. i You have yet a Brother May stead you for a Father, Husband, Friend.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)]
to stand for ——lOE
to give steadc1340
to stand in a person's stead?a1515
to do (obs.), fill, serve, supply the stead of1558
to fill the room of1562
to usurp the place of1574
suppullulate1601
to stead upa1616
to take the place ofa1616
succenturiate1630
act1651
succeed1692
to do duty1825
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 252 Wee shall aduise this wronged maid to steed vp your appointment, goe in your place. View more context for this quotation
II. To place.† 5. † b. reflexive. To apply oneself. Obsolete.† c. To treat, deal with. Obsolete.† 6. † b. With adverb, to be hard (straitly, stiffly, etc.) stead: to be hard put to it, to be beset with difficulties or perils. Cf. bested adj.† 7. intransitive.
4. To establish, fix, place. Chiefly passive, to be situated, stand. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > fix or establish in position
i-set971
fastc1275
stablea1300
steada1300
pitchc1300
stablisha1325
ficchec1374
resta1393
seizea1400
locate1513
root1535
plant?a1562
room1567
repose1582
fix1638
haft1728
a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxvii[i]. 8 Over me es þi wreth stedde [L. confirmata].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1045 Now es adam in erth stad [Gött. stad, Fairf. stadde].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1442 He moght wel thinc his stund to strang þat in þat sted ware staid sa lang.
c1325 Poem temp. Edw. II (Percy) 6 Whan the ȝong persoun Is stedyd in hys cherch.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience v. 6170 And whan saw we þe seke and in prison sted.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 983 Ones ho bluschet to þe burȝe, bot bod ho no lenger, Þat ho nas stadde a stiffe ston.
c1400 Sc. Trojan War ii. 508 A brassynge horse..In whome may weille a thousande knyghtes Be steddede.
c1400 Siege Jerusalem (1932) 33/589 [Þey] broȝten þe bishup & alle his bew clerkes Þer þe standard stode & stadded hem þer.
14.. Sir Amadace (Robson) xlii. 9 In stid quere thou art stadde.
c1440 York Myst. xvii. 28 That..stedde yone sterne to stand stone stille.
1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 177 Ȝif tha thynk that tha ma sted tham bettyr in vthir placis tha sal haue our fre licens.
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 231 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 306 Ȝif þou be stad in strange contré, Enserche no fyr þen falles to the.
c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 585 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 239 Þe quhilk sancte tecle with hir tuke,..& stedit it honorably in þe kirk of marytany.
1500 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 52 The quhilk tenands ye said lord erle promitte to steid in uthir place.
1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden (1623) ix. 25 Stead them on the North side of your other Apples.
1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 59 But it is done..To honour thee..To stead thee as a verse in English tongue.
a. To put into a certain condition, to settle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition
set971
haveOE
wendOE
to bring onc1230
teemc1275
putc1330
run1391
casta1400
laya1400
stead1488
constitute1490
render1490
takea1530
introduce1532
deduce1545
throw?1548
derive?c1550
turn1577
to work up1591
estate1605
arrive1607
state1607
enduea1616
assert1638
sublime1654
to run up1657
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 748 Thus in gud pece Scotland with rycht he stad.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 1199 For thai traistyt and Scotland war weill stad Wallace wald cum, as he thaim promyst had.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or apply oneself [verb (reflexive)]
atil1297
putc1300
addressa1393
richc1400
steadc1475
embark1584
familiarize1593
c1475 Brome Abraham & Isaac in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 51 Onto my warke I must me stede.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > [verb (transitive)] > deal with or treat
leada1225
playc1400
steada1475
handle1483
a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 159 The bak of þe Crevise, þus he must be sted: array hym as ye dothe þe crabbe.
a. passive. To be placed in a certain (evil or difficult) plight or condition; to be burdened with (sickness), beset with (enemies, etc.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)]
tholec897
pinea1225
steada1300
endure1340
to well in woea1350
labourc1450
concernc1592
to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1647
to have the wind in one's face1649
to be on (also at) the receiving end1909
to feel the draught1925
to have (one's) ass in a sling1960
to be in lumber1965
a1300 Cursor Mundi 674 In mikul blis þan was he staad.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13787 Bot sua wit seckenes am i stadd þat i ne mai to water win.
14.. Burgh Lawis xcv, in Anc. Laws Scotl. (Burgh Rec. Soc.) 46 Gif.. and eftirwart he that tuk the lande in nede is stadd it to sell.
c1440 York Myst. xlviii. 289 In harde presse whan I was stedde, Of my paynes ȝe hadde pitee.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5586 In sorow was he stadd.
c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 26 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 29 And sailand in Italy In parelis wes he stad sindry.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 207 Sen we ar stad with Enemys on Ilk syd.
a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 542 in Poems (1981) 128 Now is my breist with stormie stoundis stad.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 47 Honorious of Rome the emprioure, That tyme with seiknes staid wes in ane stour.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 138 Sa troublit with stormis was I neuer stad.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits
to be hard bested?c1225
to be hard set1387
to be hard (straitly, stiffly, etc.) steada1400
to have mistera1400
charge1487
to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616
straiten1647
to be ill set1673
press1813
to be up a gum tree1829
push1863
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3470 Þe leuedi was ful ferli drad, Als womman þat ful hard was stad.
c1400 Rowland & O. 1528 There were oure folkes full styffely stadde.
a1440 Sir Eglam. 459 Thou haste byn strongly stadd.
c1440 York Myst. xlv. 137 Men þat are stedde stiffely in stormes or in see.
a1450 J. Lydgate To Soverain Lady 109 Therfore I love no labour that ye lese Whan, in longing, sorest ye be stadde.
?c1470 What shall I Do? 10 in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 86 Thus am I sted ful heuely.
c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 650 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 169 Full hard in þat towne þai war sted.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 664 Thai wend I wes stratly stad.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 204 Men redys off mony men that war Fer hardar stad then we yhet ar.
a1500 Ratis Raving i. 461 Quhen þow art stad ocht narowly With Irous wyll and gluttony.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 125 He circulit him sone efter at ane seig, Into ane place quhair he wes sted rycht herd.
1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. F O me, ill stead, valliant Rogero slaine.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 182 O father, we are cruelly sted between God's laws and man's laws.
a. To stay, tarry. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
13.. K. Alis. 4146 Alisaunder to him cometh, and nought stet.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Taylor) xxxii. 4 Tell me..Quy thou stedis in that stid, and stondus so stille?
c1440 York Myst. xlvi. 94 I schall nott stedde in no stede but in stall and in strete.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. i. 9 Forsoth, my Lord, I shall not sted Till I haue theym theder led.
b. To stop, come to a stand. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop
abideOE
atstandc1000
steveneta1225
atstuntc1230
to make, take, etc., stallc1275
stema1300
astandc1314
withstanda1325
stintc1374
arrestc1400
stotec1400
stayc1440
steadc1475
stop short1530
disadvance1610
come1611
consist1611
check1635
halt1656
to bring to1697
to draw up1767
to bring up1769
to pull up1781
to fetch up1838
to come to a standstill1852
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 681 Þe knyȝte stedit and stode.
c. To stand, consist. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)]
siteOE
won971
beOE
standOE
liec1374
rest1429
steadc1500
erdec1540
run1635
welter1847
stop1976
c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 170 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 100 In quhat metallis or colouris that thai sted.
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1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor ii. i. C 4 Let your faire hand be beame vnto the ballance, And with a stedded peyze, lift vp that beame.
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