steed

See also: Steed

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).

Pronunciation

enPR: stēd, IPA^(key): /stiːd/
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Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

steed (plural steeds)

(archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially in the sense of mount.
- 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], OCLC 837166078; Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis: […], 4th edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Co. […], 1896, OCLC 19803734:
  The studded bridle on a ragged bough
  Nimbly she fastens: -- O, how quick is love! --
  The steed is stalled up, and even now
  To tie the rider she begins to prove:
  Backward she push'd him, as she would be thrust,
  And govern'd him in strength, though not in lust.
(cycling, slang, humorous) A bicycle.

Translations

stallion

Armenian: նժույգ (hy) (nžuyg)
Bulgarian: жребец (bg) m (žrebec)
Czech: oř (cs) m
Finnish: ratsu (fi)
French: coursier (fr)
German: Ross (see also Stute )
Hebrew: פּרשׁ‎ (he)
Hungarian: paripa (hu)
Italian: destriero (it) m
Latin: sonipes m
Lithuanian: žirgas (lt) m
Middle English: stede
Old English: wicg n
Polish: rumak (pl) m
Portuguese: corcel (pt) m
Russian: конь (ru) m (konʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: parip (sh) m
Spanish: corcel (es) m
Swedish: hingst (sv) c, springare (sv) c
Turkish: küheylan (tr), aygır (tr)

Anagrams

Teeds, deest, deets, tedes

Middle English

Noun

steed

Alternative form of stede (“place”)

Noun

steed

Alternative form of stede (“steed”)

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian stede, which derives from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Cognates include West Frisian stêd.

Noun

steed n (plural steeden)

(Föhr-Amrum) city, town

Derived terms

steedsmaan m
steedswüf n
steeds