different between steen vs stean

English

Alternative forms

• stean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?n/

Noun

steen (plural steens)

1. Alternative form of stean

Verb

steen (third-person singular simple present steens, present participle steening, simple past and past participle steened)

1. Alternative form of stean
   • 1723, Richard Fro?t, James Young, et al., An Account of a Well near Queenborough in Kent, John Eames, John Martyn, The Philosophical Transactions 1719—1733, Abridged, Volume 6, Part 2, Royal Society (Great Britain), page 244,

     We then mea?ured the Depth of it, and found it 200 Foot, and artificially ?teened the whole Depth with circular Portland Stone, which is all entire, and ?tands fair, the mean Diameter is four Foot eight Inches; […] .

   • 1764, John Muller, A Treatise Containing the Practical Part of Fortification, 2nd Edition, page 99,

     The compa?s bricks are of a circular form, their u?e is for ?teening of walls; […] .

   • 1802, A Society of Practical Gardeners, Rural Recreations; Or The Gardener's Instructor, London, page 182,

     The sides and dome of the cone should be nine inches thick, and the sides ought to be constructed of steened brick-work, that is without mortar, and wrought at right angles to the face of the work: the vacancies behind may be filled with brick-bats, gravel, or loose stones, so that the water which escapes through the sides, may the more readily find its way into the reservoir.

   • 1849, Richard C. Neville, Remains of the Anglo-Roman Age, The Archaeological Journal, Volume 6, London, page 121,

     They^{[the wells]} were regularly steened with flint to the depth of ten feet; they measured about four feet in diameter at the mouth: no ancient objects were found in them.

Related terms

• steening (noun)

Anagrams

• ESnet, Enets, NEETs, Tenes, enset, neets, seent, senet, sente, teens, tense

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch steen, from Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st???n/

Noun

steen (plural stene, diminutive steentjie)

1. stone

Descendants

• ? Sotho: setene
• ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
• ? Zulu: isitini

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste?n/
• Hyphenation: steen
• Rhymes: -e?n

Noun

steen m (plural stenen, diminutive steentje n)

1. stone (small rock)
2. (uncountable) stone (hard substance)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: steen
  • ? Sotho: setene
  • ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
  • ? Zulu: isitini

Anagrams

• etsen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stêen m

1. stone
2. stone house or castle
3. prison

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: steen
  • Afrikaans: steen
    • ? Sotho: setene
    • ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
    • ? Zulu: isitini
• Limburgish: stein

Further reading

• “steen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “steen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English stene (“waterpot”), from Old English st?na (“stone jug, a stean, a pot of stone or earth”) and Old English st?ne (“pitcher, jug”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainij? (“stone vessel”). Cognate with Old High German steinna (“pot, saucepan”). Compare stein.

Noun

stean (plural steans)

1. A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.
2. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
3. (Britain, dialectal) A stone.
4. (Britain, dialectal) A large box of stones used for pressing cheese; a cheese-press.

Derived terms

• stean-pot

Etymology 2

From Middle English stenen, from Old English st?nan (“to stone, cast stones at; adorn with precious stones”), from Proto-Germanic *stainijan? (“to adorn with stones”), *stain?n? (“to throw stones at”). Cognate with Old High German steinen (“to adorn with stones”), Old High German stein?n (“to throw stones”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (stainjan, “to throw stones at”).

Alternative forms

• steen

Verb

stean (third-person singular simple present steans, present participle steaning, simple past and past participle steaned)

1. To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone.
2. To fit with stones; mend, line, pave, etc. with stones.

   to stean a well

Noun

stean (plural steans)

1. A stone.

Anagrams

• Antes, Teans, Tenas, antes, etnas, nates, neats, netas, senat, stane

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German st?n, st?n, from Old High German st?n, st?n, from Proto-West Germanic *st?n, from Proto-Germanic *st?n? (“to stand”). Cognate with German stehen. Some senses probably semantic loans from Italian stare.

Verb

stean (strong, auxiliary håm or soin) (Luserna)

1. to stand
2. to stay

3. to be (a condition)

4. to live (reside somewhere)

References

• “stean” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian st?n, from Proto-Germanic *st?n?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st???n/

Verb

stean

1. to stand

Inflection

• Variant past plural: stienen

Further reading

• “stean”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011