steda

Meaning

1. a steed, stallion

2. a male camel

   Ðā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.

   Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them female camels with their calves and male camels. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, and leave the males there.

   Wonders of the East

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