steedn.

Brit.

/stiːd/, U.S.

/stid/

Forms: Old English stéda, Middle English–1500s stede, Middle English ScottishMiddle English northern sted, Middle English–1500s steede, Middle English–1600s Scottish steid, (Middle English stiede, 1500s–1600s stead, 1600s steade, stied), Middle English– steed.

Etymology: Old English stéda weak masculine, a stud-horse, stallion < Germanic type *stōđjon- , < *stōđō (Old English stód ) stud n.² Compare Old Norse stedda mare. The German stute and Swedish sto , mare, seem to be shortened from compounds of Old High German stuot and Swedish sto (Middle Swedish stoþ ) = stud n.²

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†a. In Old English, a stud-horse, stallion. Obsolete.

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†b. In Middle English and early modern English, a high-mettled horse used on state occasions, in war, or in the lists; a great horse, as distinguished from a palfrey. Obsolete.

c. From the 16th cent. used only poetic or rhetorically for: A horse, usually one for riding; often with eulogistic adjectives. (Also sometimes slightly jocular, as being a rather grandiloquent word.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding

road horseOE

hackney1299

rouncyc1300

mounturec1400

hackney horse1473

steed1597

Galloway1598

roussin1602

naggon1630

saddle horse1647

sit-horse?1652

rider1698

saddle mare1707

hack1737

hack horse1760

ride1787

Bucephalus1799

steed-horse1842

mount1856

saddler1888

saddle seat1895

a900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) ii. x. [xiii.] 138 Ond þone cyning bæd þæt he him wæpen sealde & stodhors..þa..nom his spere on hond & hleop on þæs cyninges stedan [L. emissarium].

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 210 Ne het Crist him to lædan modigne stedan..ac þone wacan assan he geceas him to byrðre.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 5 He mihte ridan ȝif he walde on riche stede and palefrai.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 He..bed hem bringen a wig one te riden, noðer stede ne palefrei, ne fair mule.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15677 Nim an hundred steden.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13236 He wende his stede & to him gon ride.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3810 An hors þat is worþ many a toun, No-war nys such a stede.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1115 There was courser wel I-brydelid non Ne stede for to iuste wel to gon.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxv. 118 Foure whyte stedez..drawez þis chariot.

c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 3792 Here Palfreys tho thei forsoke, And to here stedes thei hem toke.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 473/1 Steede, hors, dextrarius, gradarius, sonipes.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xv. 236 Thenne they broughte hym a rede spere and a rede stede.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. ii. 8 Mounted vpon a hote and fierie steede .

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. 1 Steed, a lustie horse.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 858 The Fiend repli'd not..But like a proud Steed reind, went hautie on, Chaumping his iron curb.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 17 Chariots and flaming Armes, and fierie Steeds Reflecting blaze on blaze.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 35 The bounding Steed you pompously bestride.

1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol ii. 218 He spur'd his sober Steed, grizled with Age, and venerably dull.

1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa ix. 359 ‘Bring forth the horse!’—the horse was brought; In truth, he was a noble steed.

1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 14 Mr. Stuart and his little band mounted their steeds and took a farewell of their fellow travellers.

1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. ii. vii. 335 There was one steed which he particularly cherished, the finest horse in Spain.

1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 55 And a reverent people behold The towering car, the sable steeds.

1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France II. 256 He was fanciful about his steed, and always rode choice horses.

d. transferred of other animals used for riding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > riding beasts

wervec1175

mounturec1400

steedc1450

mount1856

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4121 Ane asse on palmesondaye was his stede certeynly.

1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam iii. 77 Neither steed [sc. elephant] would budge an inch.

e. Applied to a bicycle.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > bicycle

bicycle1868

steed1877

bike1880

jigger1897

push-cycle1905

push bicycle1906

pushbike1910

grid1922

mangle1941

recumbent1968

MTB1988

1877 H. H. Griffin Bicycles of Year 8 The makers relying on the adopted and favourite types whereon to build a good steed.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

steed-subduing adj.

ΚΠ

1818 P. B. Shelley tr. Homer To Castor & Pollux 6 Steed~subduing Castor.

steed-like adj. and adv.

ΚΠ

1818 H. H. Milman Samor viii. 238 The proud steedlike tossing of his crest.

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 324 The steedlike world stands ready. Mount for life.

C2.

† steed-back n. Obsolete in on steed-back: on horseback.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > on horseback

on horsea1325

on horseback1390

on steed-backc1400

alofta1425

ahorseback?1473

horseback1727

ahorse1805

saddleback1899

c1400–25 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 43 (MS.F) [Strengest vp-on] stede-bac.

1766–80 Hugh Spencer xxv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 280 Now I am on that steede-back that I could not ride.

steed-horse n. †(a) Scottish a stud-horse, stallion (obsolete); (b) ? U.S. a riding-horse.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse

stud horseeOE

stallion1390

steed-horsec1425

courser1483

mastard1598

stone-horse1600

stone-colt1691

seed horse1792

stud1803

foal-getter1809

entire1881

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding

road horseOE

hackney1299

rouncyc1300

mounturec1400

hackney horse1473

steed1597

Galloway1598

roussin1602

naggon1630

saddle horse1647

sit-horse?1652

rider1698

saddle mare1707

hack1737

hack horse1760

ride1787

Bucephalus1799

steed-horse1842

mount1856

saddler1888

saddle seat1895

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. 1030 Þe steid hors gais in pasture gude,..Þe meris ar wiþin þar sicht.

1842 J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia & Pennsylvania (1877) I. 275 He mounted a very fine steed horse.

steid-meir n. Scottish = stud mare n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > female > mare > used for breeding

stud mareeOE

stud?a1500

steid-meir1582

brood-mare1792

matron1931

1582 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 127/2 Unius steid-meir.

† steed shroud n. Obsolete the trappings of a horse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > trappings, housing, or caparison

steed shrouda1300

coverturec1300

trap13..

horse-house1316

attiringa1375

trapping1398

trappera1400

saddlecloth1415

house1463

foot-cloth1480

summock1506

reparelling1513

base1548

furniture1553

coperture1555

housing-cloth1569

caparison1602

footmantlec1610

bear gear1613

horse-furniture1613

bearing gear1616

housing1698

pad-cloth1795

rumbler1849

a1300 Cursor Mundi 25464 Nu ask i noþer gra ne grene, Ne stede scrud [a1300–1400 Stede schrud (Gött.); c1375 purtraied stede (Fairf.)].

† steed-yoke n. Obsolete a two-horsed car or chariot.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot > two-horse

steed-yoke1582

biga1600

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 Hector..Harryed in steedyocks [L. bigis] as of earst.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	steed
释义	steedn. Brit. /stiːd/, U.S. /stid/ Forms: Old English stéda, Middle English–1500s stede, Middle English ScottishMiddle English northern sted, Middle English–1500s steede, Middle English–1600s Scottish steid, (Middle English stiede, 1500s–1600s stead, 1600s steade, stied), Middle English– steed. Etymology: Old English stéda weak masculine, a stud-horse, stallion < Germanic type stōđjon- , < stōđō (Old English stód ) stud n.² Compare Old Norse stedda mare. The German stute and Swedish sto , mare, seem to be shortened from compounds of Old High German stuot and Swedish sto (Middle Swedish stoþ ) = stud n.² Thesaurus » Categories » †a. In Old English, a stud-horse, stallion. Obsolete. Thesaurus » Categories » †b. In Middle English and early modern English, a high-mettled horse used on state occasions, in war, or in the lists; a great horse, as distinguished from a palfrey. Obsolete. c. From the 16th cent. used only poetic or rhetorically for: A horse, usually one for riding; often with eulogistic adjectives. (Also sometimes slightly jocular, as being a rather grandiloquent word.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding road horseOE hackney1299 rouncyc1300 mounturec1400 hackney horse1473 steed1597 Galloway1598 roussin1602 naggon1630 saddle horse1647 sit-horse?1652 rider1698 saddle mare1707 hack1737 hack horse1760 ride1787 Bucephalus1799 steed-horse1842 mount1856 saddler1888 saddle seat1895 a900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) ii. x. [xiii.] 138 Ond þone cyning bæd þæt he him wæpen sealde & stodhors..þa..nom his spere on hond & hleop on þæs cyninges stedan [L. emissarium]. c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 210 Ne het Crist him to lædan modigne stedan..ac þone wacan assan he geceas him to byrðre. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 5 He mihte ridan ȝif he walde on riche stede and palefrai. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 He..bed hem bringen a wig one te riden, noðer stede ne palefrei, ne fair mule. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15677 Nim an hundred steden. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13236 He wende his stede & to him gon ride. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3810 An hors þat is worþ many a toun, No-war nys such a stede. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1115 There was courser wel I-brydelid non Ne stede for to iuste wel to gon. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxv. 118 Foure whyte stedez..drawez þis chariot. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 3792 Here Palfreys tho thei forsoke, And to here stedes thei hem toke. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 473/1 Steede, hors, dextrarius, gradarius, sonipes. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xv. 236 Thenne they broughte hym a rede spere and a rede stede. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. ii. 8 Mounted vpon a hote and fierie steede . View more context for this quotation 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. 1 Steed, a lustie horse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 858 The Fiend repli'd not..But like a proud Steed reind, went hautie on, Chaumping his iron curb. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 17 Chariots and flaming Armes, and fierie Steeds Reflecting blaze on blaze. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 35 The bounding Steed you pompously bestride. 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol ii. 218 He spur'd his sober Steed, grizled with Age, and venerably dull. 1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa ix. 359 ‘Bring forth the horse!’—the horse was brought; In truth, he was a noble steed. 1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 14 Mr. Stuart and his little band mounted their steeds and took a farewell of their fellow travellers. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. ii. vii. 335 There was one steed which he particularly cherished, the finest horse in Spain. 1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 55 And a reverent people behold The towering car, the sable steeds. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France II. 256 He was fanciful about his steed, and always rode choice horses. d. transferred of other animals used for riding. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > riding beasts wervec1175 mounturec1400 steedc1450 mount1856 c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4121 Ane asse on palmesondaye was his stede certeynly. 1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam iii. 77 Neither steed [sc. elephant] would budge an inch. e. Applied to a bicycle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > bicycle bicycle1868 steed1877 bike1880 jigger1897 push-cycle1905 push bicycle1906 pushbike1910 grid1922 mangle1941 recumbent1968 MTB1988 1877 H. H. Griffin Bicycles of Year 8 The makers relying on the adopted and favourite types whereon to build a good steed. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. steed-subduing adj. ΚΠ 1818 P. B. Shelley tr. Homer To Castor & Pollux 6 Steed~subduing Castor. b. steed-like adj. and adv. ΚΠ 1818 H. H. Milman Samor viii. 238 The proud steedlike tossing of his crest. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 324 The steedlike world stands ready. Mount for life. C2. † steed-back n. Obsolete in on steed-back: on horseback. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > on horseback on horsea1325 on horseback1390 on steed-backc1400 alofta1425 ahorseback?1473 horseback1727 ahorse1805 saddleback1899 c1400–25 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 43 (MS.F) [Strengest vp-on] stede-bac. 1766–80 Hugh Spencer xxv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 280 Now I am on that steede-back that I could not ride. steed-horse n. †(a) Scottish a stud-horse, stallion (obsolete); (b) ? U.S. a riding-horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse stud horseeOE stallion1390 steed-horsec1425 courser1483 mastard1598 stone-horse1600 stone-colt1691 seed horse1792 stud1803 foal-getter1809 entire1881 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding road horseOE hackney1299 rouncyc1300 mounturec1400 hackney horse1473 steed1597 Galloway1598 roussin1602 naggon1630 saddle horse1647 sit-horse?1652 rider1698 saddle mare1707 hack1737 hack horse1760 ride1787 Bucephalus1799 steed-horse1842 mount1856 saddler1888 saddle seat1895 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. 1030 Þe steid hors gais in pasture gude,..Þe meris ar wiþin þar sicht. 1842 J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia & Pennsylvania (1877) I. 275 He mounted a very fine steed horse. steid-meir n. Scottish = stud mare n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > female > mare > used for breeding stud mareeOE stud?a1500 steid-meir1582 brood-mare1792 matron1931 1582 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 127/2 Unius steid-meir. † steed shroud n. Obsolete the trappings of a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > trappings, housing, or caparison steed shrouda1300 coverturec1300 trap13.. horse-house1316 attiringa1375 trapping1398 trappera1400 saddlecloth1415 house1463 foot-cloth1480 summock1506 reparelling1513 base1548 furniture1553 coperture1555 housing-cloth1569 caparison1602 footmantlec1610 bear gear1613 horse-furniture1613 bearing gear1616 housing1698 pad-cloth1795 rumbler1849 a1300 Cursor Mundi 25464 Nu ask i noþer gra ne grene, Ne stede scrud [a1300–1400 Stede schrud (Gött.); c1375 purtraied stede (Fairf.)]. † steed-yoke n. Obsolete a two-horsed car or chariot. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot > two-horse steed-yoke1582 biga1600 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 Hector..Harryed in steedyocks [L. bigis] as of earst. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a900
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