Steed
/stiːd/noun
A horse, especially a riding horse or war horse.
Did you know?In Old English, stēda meant a stallion, and the word survives in modern English as a poetic, elevated term even though its original sense was just a male horse.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*stōdaz
“stallion; breeding male horse”
Old English
OE
stēda
“stallion, male horse”
Middle English
ME
stede
“horse, especially a riding horse”
15th-16th Century
English
steed
“a horse, especially one used for riding or war”
Modern English
English
steed
“a horse, especially a riding horse or war horse”