different between sted vs stey

English

Alternative forms

• stead, stedd

Etymology

From Middle English sted, from Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”)

Noun

sted (plural steds)

1. (largely obsolete) Alternative spelling of stead
   • 1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome

     They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryall stedd.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser:

     And false Duessa in her sted had borne

Adverb

sted (not comparable)

1. short for instead of

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1269, sted, steddy

Anagrams

• DEST, ETDs, TEDs, Teds, dest, dest., estd, estd., teds

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse staðr (“place; city”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Cognate with German Statt and English stead, which are both restricted in their use. The meaning "city" is found in the cognates Danish stad, Swedish stad (“city”), and German Stadt (“city”).

The Danish form sted has its vowel from the plural, cf. stæder (“cities”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sd??ð]

Noun

sted n (singular definite stedet, plural indefinite steder)

1. place
2. spot
3. passage, text
4. homestead
5. stead

   Jeg tog til kongen i min fars sted.

   I went to the king in my father's stead.

Inflection

Derived terms

• (stead): i stedet, i stedet for

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sd???ð], [?sd??ð?]

Verb

sted

1. imperative of stede

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stedd, stede

Etymology

From Old English stede (“a place, spot, locality”)

Noun

sted (plural steds)

1. a place, spot, locality

   • c. 1400, Cursor Mundi:

   • c. 1450, The History of the Holy Grail:

2. a position or place occupied by someone
   • c. 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:

3. a house, property
   • c. 1400, Cursor Mundi:

   • c. 1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome:

4. a state, condition
   • c. 1450, Merlin:

   • c. 1465, Paston Letters:

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: stead
• Scots: steid, sted

References

• Middle English Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse staðr

Noun

sted n (definite singular stedet, indefinite plural steder, definite plural stedene)

1. a place

Derived terms

Related terms

• stad

References

• “sted” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) stad
• (Vallader) stà

Etymology

From Latin aest?s, aest?tem.

Noun

sted m (plural steds)

1. (Puter) summer

English

Noun

stey (plural steys)

1. Alternative form of stee

Anagrams

• Tyes, etys, stye, teys, tyes, yest, yet's, yets

Scots

Adjective

stey (comparative steyer, superlative steyest)

1. (dated) steep (of an ascent or a geographical feature)

Verb

stey (third-person singular present steys, present participle steyin, past steyd, past participle steyd)

1. stay

Noun

stey (plural steys)

1. stay