bestead

bestead · verb¹

From be- + stead (“to support, help”).

bestead · verb²

1. Middle English · inherited frombisteden
2. English todaybestead

From Middle English bisteden; equivalent to be- + stead (“place”).

bestead · adjective³

1. Old Norse · derived fromstaddr“placed”
2. Middle English · inherited frombistad
3. English todaybestead

From Middle English bistad; equivalent to be- + Old Norse staddr (“placed”), later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.