sunsteadn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌnstɛd/, U.S.

/ˈsənˌstɛd/

Forms: see sun n.¹ and stead n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: sun n.¹, stead n.

Etymology: < sun n.¹ + stead n., as a calque on classical Latin sōlstitium solstice n.Compare Middle High German sunnenstat, Old Icelandic sólstaðr. Apparently re-formed in the late 16th cent.

1. Either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest north or south from the equator, after which it appears to move back towards the equator; = solstice n. 1a. Cf. sunstay n. archaic and rare. after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > sun > solar movement > [noun] > solstice

sunsteadOE

solsticea1325

stinting of the suna1387

solsticionc1400

standing of the sun?1440

solstitium?1521

stay of the sun1538

solstacionc1540

sunstay1545

conversion1553

staying of the sun1555

solstitial1561

solsticy1570

trope1599

solstead1601

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Estas is sumor, se hæfð sunstede... Hiemps is winter, se hæfð oðerne sunstede.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 74 Twegen sunstedas synd and twa emniht on þam twelf monðum, and twelf tacna and feower timan.

1596 H. Plat Sundrie New & Artificiall Remedies Famine sig. D.4 Those egs are most carefully to be gathered, and kept, which are laid from the new moone in August, others do rather commend the waine, and the time of both the Sunsteads.

1634 C. Fitzgeffry Holy Raptvres i, in Blessed Birth-day 37 The season of the Yeare wherein our Sauiour was Borne, namely in the Winter-solstice or Sun-steade.

1678 Festa Anglo-Romana 72 This Barnaby-day..is the Summer Solstice or Sun-sted,..being the longest day in the year.

1975 R. Kelly Loom xxxii. 384 To come home, where all the parables began, by the river of Work, leading in its upper reaches to the Winter Sunstead.

†2. Each of the two points on the celestial sphere at which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the celestial equator and begins to move back towards it again. Obsolete.Also called solstitial point, tropic point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic > cardinal points > solstice

sunsteadOE

tropicc1450

tropic point1559

turn-point1587

principal point1591

solstice1601

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Se dæg ðonne sceortað, oð þæt seo sunne cymð eft suð to ðam winterlicum sunstede, & þær ætstent.

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Eft on langiendum dagum he [sc. the moon] ofergæð ðone suðran sunstede, & forði bið nyðor gesewen ðonne seo sunne on wintra.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. lxxvii. 36 The position of the Zodiake about the middle parts thereof, is more oblique and crooked, but toward the Sunne-steed [L. solstitium] more streight and direct.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xxv. 587 The four cardinal points, to wit, of the two Tropicks or Sunsteads, and the double Æquinox.

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 93 The points of the..Zodiack, which are meanes betweene the said Equinoctiall points are named Sunsteads [Fr. Solstices] or Tropicks.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 56 If those Instruments [sc. hour-glasses and sun-dials] should agree under the Æquinoctial lines, they should varie..under the Sol-stices or Sun-steads.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sunstead
释义	sunsteadn. Brit. /ˈsʌnstɛd/, U.S. /ˈsənˌstɛd/ Forms: see sun n.¹ and stead n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: sun n.¹, stead n. Etymology: < sun n.¹ + stead n., as a calque on classical Latin sōlstitium solstice n.Compare Middle High German sunnenstat, Old Icelandic sólstaðr. Apparently re-formed in the late 16th cent. 1. Either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest north or south from the equator, after which it appears to move back towards the equator; = solstice n. 1a. Cf. sunstay n. archaic and rare. after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > solar movement > [noun] > solstice sunsteadOE solsticea1325 stinting of the suna1387 solsticionc1400 standing of the sun?1440 solstitium?1521 stay of the sun1538 solstacionc1540 sunstay1545 conversion1553 staying of the sun1555 solstitial1561 solsticy1570 trope1599 solstead1601 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Estas is sumor, se hæfð sunstede... Hiemps is winter, se hæfð oðerne sunstede. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 74 Twegen sunstedas synd and twa emniht on þam twelf monðum, and twelf tacna and feower timan. 1596 H. Plat Sundrie New & Artificiall Remedies Famine sig. D.4 Those egs are most carefully to be gathered, and kept, which are laid from the new moone in August, others do rather commend the waine, and the time of both the Sunsteads. 1634 C. Fitzgeffry Holy Raptvres i, in Blessed Birth-day 37 The season of the Yeare wherein our Sauiour was Borne, namely in the Winter-solstice or Sun-steade. 1678 Festa Anglo-Romana 72 This Barnaby-day..is the Summer Solstice or Sun-sted,..being the longest day in the year. 1975 R. Kelly Loom xxxii. 384 To come home, where all the parables began, by the river of Work, leading in its upper reaches to the Winter Sunstead. †2. Each of the two points on the celestial sphere at which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the celestial equator and begins to move back towards it again. Obsolete.Also called solstitial point, tropic point. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic > cardinal points > solstice sunsteadOE tropicc1450 tropic point1559 turn-point1587 principal point1591 solstice1601 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Se dæg ðonne sceortað, oð þæt seo sunne cymð eft suð to ðam winterlicum sunstede, & þær ætstent. OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Eft on langiendum dagum he [sc. the moon] ofergæð ðone suðran sunstede, & forði bið nyðor gesewen ðonne seo sunne on wintra. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. lxxvii. 36 The position of the Zodiake about the middle parts thereof, is more oblique and crooked, but toward the Sunne-steed [L. solstitium] more streight and direct. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xxv. 587 The four cardinal points, to wit, of the two Tropicks or Sunsteads, and the double Æquinox. 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 93 The points of the..Zodiack, which are meanes betweene the said Equinoctiall points are named Sunsteads [Fr. Solstices] or Tropicks. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 56 If those Instruments [sc. hour-glasses and sun-dials] should agree under the Æquinoctial lines, they should varie..under the Sol-stices or Sun-steads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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