steor

Middle English

Noun

steor

  1. Alternative form of steer

Noun

steor

  1. Alternative form of stere (“rudder, control”)-

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ste͜oːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *steuraz, whence also Old High German stior, Old Norse stjórr.

Noun

stēor m

  1. young bull
Declension
Declension of steor (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative stēor stēoras
accusative stēor stēoras
genitive stēores stēora
dative stēore stēorum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: steer, steor, ster, stere
    • English: steer
    • Middle Scots: ster, stere, steir

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *stiuriją, from the verb *stiurijaną.

Noun

stēor n

  1. rudder
Declension
Declension of steor (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative stēor stēor
accusative stēor stēor
genitive stēores stēora
dative stēore stēorum

Noun

stēor f

  1. steering, direction, guidance
  2. rule, regulation; correction, discipline, reproof; rebuke, check, restraint
  3. punishment, penalty
Declension
Declension of steor (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative stēor stēora, stēore
accusative stēore stēora, stēore
genitive stēore stēora
dative stēore stēorum
Derived terms
Descendants

Yola

Noun

steor

  1. Alternative form of starr

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 69
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