stathe

English

Alternative forms

staith, staithe
staith, steyth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stathe, from Old English steþ, stæþ (“bank, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *staþą, *staþaz, *staþwō (“bank, shore”). Cognate with Old Frisian sted (“bank, shore”), Middle High German stat (“bank, shore”), dialectal Norwegian stad (“riverbank”), Icelandic stöð (“a harbour, roadstead, port, landing”); akin to Old English stede (“place”). More at stead.

Noun

stathe (plural stathes)

(now chiefly dialectal) A landing-place; wharf.

Anagrams

hatest, thetas

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