adj. Archaic Having been placed; located. [Middle English bistad, placed : bi-, be- + -stad (ultimately from Old Norse staddr, placed, past participle of stedhja, to stop, from stadhr, place; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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