stede

Meaning

1. place

   Hi heoldon þæt gold unwurðlice, forðan ðe seo gitsung næfde nænne stede on heora heortan: forði hí dydon heora ðing him gemæne, þæt hí on soðre sibbe butan gytsunge beon mihton.

   They held the gold as worthless, because covetousness had no place in their hearts: they made their goods in common, that they might be in true peace without covetousness.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Holy Day of Pentecost"

2. position

   Wōst þū nū þat þē man þǣr on tēhte þāra twelf tungla stēde and þāra sunne færeld?

   Knowest thou what was there taught thee about the positions of the twelve stars and the path of the sun?

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

Declension