Old English · noun
stæþ
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- IPA
- /stæθ/
- Syllables
- stæθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- staitheriverbank
Meaning
-
staithe, riverbank, river shore
An. DCCXCVII Hēr Rōmane Leone þǣm papan tō þām stæþe cōmon...
Year 791 In this year Pope Leo [III] came to the riverbank...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *staþaz. Cognate with Crimean Gothic statz, Old High German stad, stado (German Gestade), Old Norse stóð.
Descendants
staithe
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