FromMiddle Englishsted, fromOld Englishstede(“place, spot, locality”).
sted (pluralsteds)
- Obsolete form ofstead.
- 1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome
- They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryallstedd.
1927, Hélène Adeline Guerber,Myths of Greece and Rome[1], Library of Alexandria,→ISBN:But in the gloomy court was rais'd a bed, / Stuff'd with black plumes, and on an ebonsted
sted (notcomparable)
- (journalism, slang)short forinstead of
2010 February 22, “Hong Kong rejoices over Berlin film prize”, inLong Island Press[2], retrieved2012-07-25:(This version CORRECTS Corrects title of movie to ‘Echoes of the Rainbow’sted ‘Echoes of a Rainbow.’)
2010 May 10, Vicki Smith, Holbrook Mohr, “Gulf Oil Spill: Unemployed Fishermen Struggling To Get By”, inHuffington Post[3], retrieved2012-07-25:Eds: CORRECTS name of city to 'Pass Christian'sted 'Port'. Moving on general news and financial services. AP Video.
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1269, sted, steddy
- dest,Dets,ETDs,TDEs,Teds,dets,estd,DEST,TEDs,dest.,estd.,EDTs,teds
FromOld Norsestaðr(“place; city”), fromProto-Germanic*stadiz. Cognate withGermanStatt andEnglishstead, which are both restricted in their use. The meaning "city" is found in the cognatesDanishstad,Swedishstad(“city”), andGermanStadt(“city”).
The Danish formsted has its vowel from the plural, cf.stæder(“cities”).
sted n (singular definitestedet,plural indefinitesteder)
- place
- spot
- passage,text
- homestead
- stead
- Jeg tog til kongen i min farssted.
- I went to the king in my father'sstead.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
sted
- imperative ofstede
sted
- Alternative form ofstede(“place”)
sted
- Alternative form ofsteden
FromDanishsted, fromOld Danishstath,stæth, fromOld Norsestaðr m.
sted n (definite singularstedet,indefinite pluralsteder,definite pluralstedene)
- aplace
- “sted” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
FromLatinaestās, aestātem.
sted m (pluralsteds)
- (Puter)summer
