stere

From French stère, from Ancient Greek στερεος (stereos, “solid”), because the unit was used for solid commodities such as firewood.

stere (plural steres) (obsolete)

1. A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic meter.

• cord

• Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, teers, teres, terse, trees

From Old English stēor (“steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz.

• steor, ster, steer

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /støːr/
• IPA^(key): /steːr/

stere (plural steres)

1. steer, young bull

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

• “stẹ̄r(e (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

From Old English stēor (“rudder”), from Proto-Germanic *stiuriją.

• ster, steor, steer, steere, stiere

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /støːr/
• IPA^(key): /steːr/

stere (plural steres)

1. rudder, tiller, steering mechanism
2. control, correction

• English: steer

• “stẹ̄r(e (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

From Old English stēora.

• steere, sterre

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /støːrə/
• IPA^(key): /steːr(ə)/, /stɛːr(ə)/

stere (plural steres)

1. leader, controller

• “stẹ̄re (n.(3))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

From Old English steorra.

stere (plural steres)

1. Alternative form of sterre