steor

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

steor

1. Alternative form of steer

Etymology 2

Noun

steor

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

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste͜oːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *steur, see also Old High German stior, Old Norse stjórr.

Noun

stēor m

2. young bull

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	stēor	stēoras
accusative	stēor	stēoras
genitive	stēores	stēora
dative	stēore	stēorum

Derived terms

• stīrc

Descendants

• Middle English: steer, steor, ster, stere
  • English: steer
  • Middle Scots: ster, stere, steir
    • Scots: steer

Etymology 2

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

Noun

stēor n

2. rudder

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	stēor	stēora, stēore
accusative	stēore	stēora, stēore
genitive	stēore	stēora
dative	stēore	stēorum

Derived terms

• stēorlēas

Descendants

• Middle English: stere, steer, steere, steor, ster, stiere
  • English: steer
  • Scots: steer

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