sted

Definition

Obsolete form of stead.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryall stedd."
• "And false Duessa in her sted had borne"
• "But in the gloomy court was rais'd a bed, / Stuff'd with black plumes, and on an ebon sted"