stead
意味
- 代わり;役だち,助け
例文
My anorak, such as it was, stood me in good stead.
私のアノラックは粗末なものでしたが大いに役に立ちました。
If you can't come, send someone in your stead.
もしあなたが来られなければだれか代理をよこしてください。
The president did not come, but sent the vice-president in his stead.
社長は来ないで代わりに副社長をよこした。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, location”). Doublet of stad. cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots steid (“location, place”), North Frisian Stair, Stat, steed, stää (“city, town; place, stead”), Saterland Frisian Steede (“place, stead”), Stääd (“city, town”), West Frisian stêd (“city, town”), Bavarian Stådt (“city, town”), Dutch stad, stede (“city, town”), German Stadt (“city, town”), Statt (“abode, place, stead”), Stätte (“place, spot, venue”), German Low German Stee (“location, place”), Luxembourgish Stad (“city, town”), Vilamovian śtaod (“city, to…