stene

stene

1. plural of steen

• steene (Late Middle English)

Inherited from Old English stǣna, from Proto-West Germanic *stainijā, from Proto-Germanic *stainijǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛːn(ə)/

stene (plural stenes)

1. An (often clay) vessel for liquids; a pot or stean.
2. (rare) An urn; a vessel for cremated remains.
3. (rare) A unit of measure of around six gallons.

• English: stean
• → Middle Welsh: sten, ysten
  • Welsh: stên, ystên

• “stēne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

stene (present tense stener, past tense stena or stenet, past participle stena or stenet)

1. pelt with stones, to stone

This spelling is not recognised in Bokmål, only steine is. It may be used in Riksmål, and the same spelling is used by the Danish infinitive, but with different inflections.

• steine

stene

1. inflection of stena:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

stene

1. dative/locative singular of stena