> as lemmas

to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead

(a) to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead: to be of (good, etc.) use, advantage, or benefit to (a person or thing). Cf. to stand (a person) in (great, †no, etc.) serviceNow chiefly in to stand a person in good stead. N.E.D. (1915) noted that this phrase was now only ‘in literary rather than familiar use’.In earlier uses without good, etc., sometimes written or printed as to stand instead.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)]

helpc1000

goodOE

steadc1175

to do (one) boot?c1225

advancec1330

profitc1330

availc1384

servea1398

vaila1400

vailc1400

prevail1442

advantage?1459

vantagec1460

bootc1540

benefit1549

conduce?1577

to serve (one) in some, no stead1601

bonify1603

answer1756

better1833

to stand to ——1841

to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 267 But for it stood hem but litel in stede [L. sed quia parum profecerunt].

c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 142 Strengþe stont vs in no stide.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. 4960 Better is holy bede of man þat right lyues, & standes vs in more stede þan alle þe gode he gyues.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 514 If thilk gouernaunce..stondith to him in miche goostli stide.

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Gowther (Adv.) (1886) l. 717 He..stod pore folke in styd.

1539 T. Wriothesley in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. 160 Soo that his advise therein could stande them in small stede.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. iii. ix. 44 Iosephus him selfe, that hath stoode vs in so great steade, for the furnishing of this our present historye.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 1 Some Principles thereon, which may stand the lovers of it instead.

1665 in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1912) 3rd Ser. 241 Our good intentions stand us in little stead.

1730 Let. to Sir W. Strickland relating to Coal Trade 25 It will therefore stand them in stead to consider, whether they be likely to gain anything by the Exchange.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 112 That excuse shan't stand you in stead.

1887 W. Westall tr. ‘A. Laurie’ Capt. Trafalgar i. 13 Continual practice stood me in better stead than whole volumes of theory.

1902 Centenary Hugh Miller 79 Prior to the introduction of railways its [sc. Cromarty's] excellent harbour stood it in good stead.

2017 S. Westwood & S. Moss Wonderland 9 Rats have a highly developed fear of anything new or unusual..which stands them in good stead in a world where humans make every effort to kill them.

extracted from standv.

to stand in (little, no, etc.) stead

†(b) to stand in (little, no, etc.) stead: to be of (little, no, etc.) use, advantage, or benefit. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful [verb (intransitive)]

to stand much in stallc1250

to stand in (little, no, etc.) steadc1390

minister1696

c1390 (?a1350) Trental St. Gregory (Vernon(1)) l. 151 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 266 God graunte me, Modur, þe stonde in stede Aȝeynes þe synnes þat euer þou dude.

?a1425 Constit. Masonry (Royal 17 A.i) l. 679 in J. O. Halliwell Early Hist. Freemasonry in Eng. (1844) 37 They schul be told to stonde yn stede, When thou hast therto gret nede.

1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxci. sig. l iv^v But yf we must warre in playne and champyon countryes, then horsemen be moost necessarye. For fotemen wyll stande in lytle steade and vse.

1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. vii. 12 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) If Love be fire, to light this Indian weed, The Donor's Love of fire may stand in steed.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxii. 9 Paraphr.) 310 It standeth in no stead, and so disappoints those that depend on it.

1772 G. Whitefield Serm. xxxii, in Wks. VI. 11 Thy wealth and grandeur will stand in no stead.

extracted from standv.

to stand (a person) in stead

(d) to stand (a person) in stead: to serve (a person) in place of something. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1583 tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Pithie Exhort. Estate Christiandome 1 The examples of other mens perils and losses, being the moste faithfull teachers and expert guids of this present life, would make vs more warie and stand vs in stead of a rule whereby to direct al our enterprises, determinations, & the conduct of al our affairs.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 801 They should..cloy the great ordidance [sic], that it might not afterwards stand the Turks in stead.

1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 58/1 Chemistry does not stand a man instead of dinner.

1893 Temple Bar Sept. 68 A down-drawing of the corners of her mouth that stood her instead of a smile.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. 35 She put aside the Bible only for..such recent prophets as stood her in stead of newspapers.

extracted from standv.

to stand in stead

a. Advantage, avail, profit, service, support; esp. in to stand in stead, also †to stand to stead, †to stand stead; to do, †make, †render stead. Now only archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun]

fremea700

redeeOE

noteeOE

goodOE

goodnessOE

framec1175

winc1175

bihevec1230

behoofc1275

advantagec1300

prowc1300

wellc1300

wainc1315

profita1325

bewaynec1375

vantagec1380

goodshipc1390

prewa1400

steada1400

benefice1426

vailc1430

utilityc1440

of availc1450

prevaila1460

fordeal1470

winning1477

encherishingc1480

benefit1512

booty1581

emolument1633

handhold1655

withgate1825

cui bono1836

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26512 It sal stand in sted sumquar.

c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 66 Bot þis haþe no stede bot to so streyt a wounde þat þe been may take within his extremitez þe extremitez of þe wounde.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vi. 61 The giltyn mailȝeis makis hym na steyd, For in the coist he tholis dynt of deyd.

1524 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 389 Ane precept of seysing without charter or ony oþer euident followand þerapoune suld do nane steide nor be of effect.

1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 112 To rendre all hert, lefull service, steide, and pleasure, that lyeth in our power.

1524 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 139 [They] may and shal do grete stede in advertising the Kinges Grace from tyme to tyme..of the procedinges.

1545 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) X. 272 And now last of all what a stede His Highnes entryng in to the warre was to Him.

1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 47 Thai ar contentit to do steid and service to the said Schir Neill.

1551 Princess Mary Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 165 Of my good wyll and prayour to do you stede or pleasur, you shalbe ever duryng my lief assured.

1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 113 He..assured him by passed experience what stead your language was to us in the time of our imprisonment.

1637 J. Milton Comus 21 But here thy sword can doe thee little stead.

1643 Orkney Witch Trial in Abbotsford Club Misc. I. 175 I was about the loch with Jonet Sklateris,..but it is for no stead, it will never mend hir.

a1670 J. Spalding Troubles Charles I (Bannatyne Club) I. 294 And sic [beasts] as wold not call thay hocht and slew, that thay sould never mak steed.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 396 Stead, aid, assistance, usefulness.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 22 The two grey points that did him stead And passed their eagle-owner to the front.

extracted from steadn.

as lemmas

单词	to stand in stead
释义	> as lemmas to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead (a) to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead: to be of (good, etc.) use, advantage, or benefit to (a person or thing). Cf. to stand (a person) in (great, †no, etc.) serviceNow chiefly in to stand a person in good stead. N.E.D. (1915) noted that this phrase was now only ‘in literary rather than familiar use’.In earlier uses without good, etc., sometimes written or printed as to stand instead. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] helpc1000 goodOE steadc1175 to do (one) boot?c1225 advancec1330 profitc1330 availc1384 servea1398 vaila1400 vailc1400 prevail1442 advantage?1459 vantagec1460 bootc1540 benefit1549 conduce?1577 to serve (one) in some, no stead1601 bonify1603 answer1756 better1833 to stand to ——1841 to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 267 But for it stood hem but litel in stede [L. sed quia parum profecerunt]. c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 142 Strengþe stont vs in no stide. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. 4960 Better is holy bede of man þat right lyues, & standes vs in more stede þan alle þe gode he gyues. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 514 If thilk gouernaunce..stondith to him in miche goostli stide. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Gowther (Adv.) (1886) l. 717 He..stod pore folke in styd. 1539 T. Wriothesley in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. 160 Soo that his advise therein could stande them in small stede. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. iii. ix. 44 Iosephus him selfe, that hath stoode vs in so great steade, for the furnishing of this our present historye. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 1 Some Principles thereon, which may stand the lovers of it instead. 1665 in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1912) 3rd Ser. 241 Our good intentions stand us in little stead. 1730 Let. to Sir W. Strickland relating to Coal Trade 25 It will therefore stand them in stead to consider, whether they be likely to gain anything by the Exchange. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 112 That excuse shan't stand you in stead. 1887 W. Westall tr. ‘A. Laurie’ Capt. Trafalgar i. 13 Continual practice stood me in better stead than whole volumes of theory. 1902 Centenary Hugh Miller 79 Prior to the introduction of railways its [sc. Cromarty's] excellent harbour stood it in good stead. 2017 S. Westwood & S. Moss Wonderland 9 Rats have a highly developed fear of anything new or unusual..which stands them in good stead in a world where humans make every effort to kill them. extracted from standv. to stand in (little, no, etc.) stead †(b) to stand in (little, no, etc.) stead: to be of (little, no, etc.) use, advantage, or benefit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful [verb (intransitive)] to stand much in stallc1250 to stand in (little, no, etc.) steadc1390 minister1696 c1390 (?a1350) Trental St. Gregory (Vernon(1)) l. 151 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 266 God graunte me, Modur, þe stonde in stede Aȝeynes þe synnes þat euer þou dude. ?a1425 Constit. Masonry (Royal 17 A.i) l. 679 in J. O. Halliwell Early Hist. Freemasonry in Eng. (1844) 37 They schul be told to stonde yn stede, When thou hast therto gret nede. 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxci. sig. l iv^v But yf we must warre in playne and champyon countryes, then horsemen be moost necessarye. For fotemen wyll stande in lytle steade and vse. 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. vii. 12 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) If Love be fire, to light this Indian weed, The Donor's Love of fire may stand in steed. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxii. 9 Paraphr.) 310 It standeth in no stead, and so disappoints those that depend on it. 1772 G. Whitefield Serm. xxxii, in Wks. VI. 11 Thy wealth and grandeur will stand in no stead. extracted from standv. to stand (a person) in stead (d) to stand (a person) in stead: to serve (a person) in place of something. Now rare. ΚΠ 1583 tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Pithie Exhort. Estate Christiandome 1 The examples of other mens perils and losses, being the moste faithfull teachers and expert guids of this present life, would make vs more warie and stand vs in stead of a rule whereby to direct al our enterprises, determinations, & the conduct of al our affairs. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 801 They should..cloy the great ordidance [sic], that it might not afterwards stand the Turks in stead. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 58/1 Chemistry does not stand a man instead of dinner. 1893 Temple Bar Sept. 68 A down-drawing of the corners of her mouth that stood her instead of a smile. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. 35 She put aside the Bible only for..such recent prophets as stood her in stead of newspapers. extracted from standv. to stand in stead a. Advantage, avail, profit, service, support; esp. in to stand in stead, also †to stand to stead, †to stand stead; to do, †make, †render stead. Now only archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] fremea700 redeeOE noteeOE goodOE goodnessOE framec1175 winc1175 bihevec1230 behoofc1275 advantagec1300 prowc1300 wellc1300 wainc1315 profita1325 bewaynec1375 vantagec1380 goodshipc1390 prewa1400 steada1400 benefice1426 vailc1430 utilityc1440 of availc1450 prevaila1460 fordeal1470 winning1477 encherishingc1480 benefit1512 booty1581 emolument1633 handhold1655 withgate1825 cui bono1836 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26512 It sal stand in sted sumquar. c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 66 Bot þis haþe no stede bot to so streyt a wounde þat þe been may take within his extremitez þe extremitez of þe wounde. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vi. 61 The giltyn mailȝeis makis hym na steyd, For in the coist he tholis dynt of deyd. 1524 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 389 Ane precept of seysing without charter or ony oþer euident followand þerapoune suld do nane steide nor be of effect. 1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 112 To rendre all hert, lefull service, steide, and pleasure, that lyeth in our power. 1524 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 139 [They] may and shal do grete stede in advertising the Kinges Grace from tyme to tyme..of the procedinges. 1545 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) X. 272 And now last of all what a stede His Highnes entryng in to the warre was to Him. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 47 Thai ar contentit to do steid and service to the said Schir Neill. 1551 Princess Mary Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 165 Of my good wyll and prayour to do you stede or pleasur, you shalbe ever duryng my lief assured. 1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 113 He..assured him by passed experience what stead your language was to us in the time of our imprisonment. 1637 J. Milton Comus 21 But here thy sword can doe thee little stead. 1643 Orkney Witch Trial in Abbotsford Club Misc. I. 175 I was about the loch with Jonet Sklateris,..but it is for no stead, it will never mend hir. a1670 J. Spalding Troubles Charles I (Bannatyne Club) I. 294 And sic [beasts] as wold not call thay hocht and slew, that thay sould never mak steed. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 396 Stead, aid, assistance, usefulness. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 22 The two grey points that did him stead And passed their eagle-owner to the front. extracted from steadn. < as lemmas
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