different between stree vs stere

Middle English

Noun

stree

1. Alternative form of straw
   • Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde (II, 1744-5)

     In titering, and pursuite, and delayes,

     The folk devyne at wagginge of a stree

English

Etymology

From French stère, from Ancient Greek ??????? (stereos, “solid”), because the unit was used for solid commodities such as firewood.

Noun

stere (plural steres)

1. (obsolete) A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.
   • 1814, Peter Barlow, A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary:

     It will be observed, that in this system it is only necessary to remember the metre, are litre^[sic], and stere, all the others having certain relations to these, being equal to them taken 10, 100, 1000, &c. times, […]

Translations

See also

• cord

Anagrams

• Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, teers, teres, terse, trees

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English st?or (“steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz.

Alternative forms

• steor, ster, steer

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /stø?r/
• IPA^(key): /ste?r/

Noun

stere (plural steres)

2. steer, young bull

Descendants

• English: steer
• Scots: ster, stere, steir

References

• “st??r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 2

From Old English st?or (“rudder”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurij?.

Alternative forms

• ster, steor, steer, steere, stiere

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /stø?r/
• IPA^(key): /ste?r/

Noun

stere (plural steres)

2. rudder, tiller, steering mechanism
3. control, correction

Descendants

• English: steer

References

• “st??r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 3

From Old English st?ora.

Alternative forms

• steere, sterre

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /?stø?r?/
• IPA^(key): /?ste?r(?)/, /?st??r(?)/

Noun

stere (plural steres)

1. leader, controller

References

• “st??re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 4

From Old English steorra.

Noun

stere (plural steres)

1. Alternative form of sterre