steed

From Old English steda (“stallion, stud”) (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).

• enPR: stēd, IPA^(key): /stiːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

steed (plural steeds)

1. (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".

2. (cycling, slang, humorous) A bicycle.

• horse

• Teeds, deest, deets, tedes

From Old Frisian stede, which derives from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Cognates include West Frisian stêd.

steed n (plural steeden)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) city, town

• steedsmaan m
• steedswüf n
• steeds