Contionary:sted

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk sted, from Old Skundavisk stedi, staedi, from Halmisk ᛊᛏᚨᛞᛁ (stadi), ᛊᛏᚨᛞᛁᛉ (stadiŕ), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. Doublet of stad, which arose from ᛊᛏᚨᛞᛉ (stadŕ), a consonantal-stem variant of ᛊᛏᚨᛞᛁᛉ (stadiŕ), and thus wasn't affected by i-umlaut.

Pronunciation

Noun

sted m. (class 3a, genitive steds or sted, plural stede)

  1. place, location
    Si fanden neen sted, te slåpen.
    They found no place to sleep.


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