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stæþ

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
A bank, shore, the land bordering on water
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  • Stæð

    ripa,

      Wrt. Voc. i. ,54, 19.
  • Stæð vel brerd labram, margo, vel

    crepido,

      57, 25.
  • Of ðæm mere ðe Truso standeþ in staðe,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 9.
  • On ðam staþe ðe is genemned Ypwines fleót,

      449; Erl. 12, 2.
  • Treówlícre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne, ðonne út on sǽ tó seglanne,

      Prov. Kmbl. 64.
  • On geofones staðe,

      Cd. Th. 215, 8; Exod. 580: Exon. Th. 361, 11; Wal. 18.
  • On Sæferne staþe,

      Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 23.
  • Hé befeól ofer ðam stæðe intó ðam streáme,

      Homl. Th. ii. 160, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 76; El. 38.
  • Of stæðe on óðer

    from one bank of the boundary stream to the other,

      L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 4, 11: 2; Th. i. 354, 3: 6; Th. i. 354, 25.
  • Sume cuce tó ðam stæðe cómon, and ða man sóna ofslóh æt ðære eá múðan,

      Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 23: Byrht. Th. 132, 32; By. 32.
  • Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe,

      Elen. Kmbl. 463; El. 232.
  • Stæð

    marginem,

      Hpt. Gl. 492, 72.
  • Be wætera staðum,

      Ps. Th. 22, 2.
  • Stæðum

    marginis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 25.
  • Betweox stæðum

    between those living on the two sides of the boundary stream,

      L. O. D. 2; Th. i. 352, 16.
  • Oft stille wæter staðo brecaþ,

      Prov. Kmbl. 63.
  • Streámas staþu beátaþ,

      Exon. Th. 382, 4; Rä. 3, 6: Met. 6, 25.
  • Staþu ástígan geswinc getácnaþ. Of staþe niþer stígan gódne tíman getácnaþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 210, 16. ¶ In
    the following passage the word seems to be masculine :-- Wægn brohte beornas ofer burnan from stæðe heáum, ðæt hý stópan up on óðerne of wǽge, Exon. Th. 405, 6; Rä. 23, 19.
Etymology
[Uppen Seuarne staþe, Laym. 7. Stathe a wharf, Halliwell's Dict. Goth. staths a shore: O. Sax. stað a bank, shore: O. H. Ger. stad, stado ripa, litus, margo.]
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v. bord-, eá-, streám-, súþ-, wǽg-stæþ.
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