Stéda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Stéda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 stéda

m. A stallion, an entire horse; the word is also used of a camel :-- Hors equus, stéda emisarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 55: misarius, 56, 39: i. 287, 40. Stéda faussarius, hengst canterius, 23, 9. Hé hleóp on ðæs cyninges stédan ascendens emissarium regis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 9: Chart. Th. 501, 12. Ne hét Crist him tó lǽdan módigne stédan, Homl. Th. i. 210, 14: Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 97. Ðonne lǽdaþ hý mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan and stédan ... ða stédan hý forlǽtaþ ... ða æmettan ymbe ða stédan ábisgode beóþ tollent camelos masculos et feminas illas quae habent foetas ... masculi remanent ... formicae masculos comedunt, Nar. 35, l0-15. steda

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛖᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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