different between steen vs steed
steen
English
Alternative forms
- stean
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti?n/
Noun
steen (plural steens)
- Alternative form of stean
Verb
steen (third-person singular simple present steens, present participle steening, simple past and past participle steened)
- 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.
- 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,
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)
- 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)
- stone (small rock)
- (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
- stone
- stone house or castle
- prison
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: steen
- Afrikaans: steen
- ? Sotho: setene
- ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
- ? Zulu: isitini
- Afrikaans: steen
- Limburgish: stein
Further reading
- “steen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “steen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
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steed
English
Etymology
From Old English steda (“stallion, stud”) (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: st?d, IPA(key): /sti?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Noun
steed (plural steeds)
- (archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially in the sense of mount.
- 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. — Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis".
- (cycling, slang, humorous) A bicycle.
Translations
See also
- horse
Anagrams
- Teeds, deest, deets, tedes
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian stede, which derives from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Cognates include West Frisian stêd.
Noun
steed n (plural steeden)
- (Föhr-Amrum) city, town
Derived terms
- steedsmaan m
- steedswüf n
- steeds
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