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-Germanic *stainijǭ (“stone vessel”). Cognate with Old High German steinna (“pot, saucepan”). Compare stein.

stean (plural steans)

1. A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.
2. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
3. (Britain, dialectal) A stone.
4. (Britain, dialectal) A large box of stones used for pressing cheese; a cheese-press.

• stean-pot

From Middle English stenen, from Old English stǣnan (“to stone, cast stones at; adorn with precious stones”), 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

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 stone.

• Antes, Tenas, antes, etnas, nates, neats, stane

From Old Frisian stān, from Proto-Germanic *stāną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

• IPA^(key): /stɪə̯n/

stean

1. to stand

• Variant past plural: stienen

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