stean

• IPA^(key): /stiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

From Middle English stene (“waterpot”), from Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a stean, a pot of stone or earth”) and Old English stǣne (“pitcher, jug”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainijā, from Proto-Germanic *stainijǭ (“stonen vessel, crucible”). Cognate with Old High German steinna (“pot, saucepan”). Doublet of stein.

stean (plural steans)

1. A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.

• stean-pot

From Middle English stenen, from Old English stǣnan (“to stone, cast stones at; adorn with precious stones”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainijan, from Proto-Germanic *stainijaną (“to adorn with stones”), *stainōną (“to throw stones at”). Cognate with Old High German steinen (“to adorn with stones”), Old High German steinōn (“to throw stones”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (stainjan, “to throw stones at”).

• steen
• steyn

stean (third-person singular simple present steans, present participle steaning, simple past and past participle steaned)

1. To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone.
2. To fit with stones; mend, line, pave, etc. with stones.

   to stean a well

stean (plural steans)

1. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.

Inherited from Northern Middle English stan, stane (“stone”); thus a dialectal form of stone.

stean (plural steans)

1. (UK, dialectal) A stone.
2. (UK, dialectal) A large box of stones used for pressing cheese; a cheese-press.

• Antes, Teans, Tenas, antes, etnas, nates, neats, netas, senat, stane

From Middle High German stēn, stān, from Old High German stēn, stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”). Cognate with German stehen. Some senses probably semantic loans from Italian stare.

stean (strong, auxiliary håm or soin) (Luserna)

1. to stand
2. to stay

   Haüt steade da huam obrómm z izzta a schaüla bèttar.

   Today I stayed at home because of the bad weather.

3. to be (a condition)

   Bia steatar? ― How are you?

4. to live (reside somewhere)

   Bo steatar? ― Where do you live?

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

stean n (plural steane)

1. alternative form of stană

From Old Frisian stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stān.

• IPA^(key): /stɪə̯n/

stean

1. to stand

• “stean”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011