steed

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”)).

• enPR: stēd, IPA^(key): /stiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

steed (plural steeds)

1. (archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially in the sense of mount.
   • 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC; Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis: […], 4th edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Co. […], 1896, →OCLC:

     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.

2. (cycling, slang, humorous) A bicycle.

• horse

• Teeds, deest, deets, tedes

steed

1. Alternative form of stede (“place”)

steed

1. Alternative form of stede (“steed”)

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

steed n (plural steeden)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) city, town

• steedsmaan m
• steedswüf n
• steeds