sunstead

noun /ˈsʌnstɛd/

1. A solstice.

   uncommon

   Now was it the season of the yeer past sun-stead in summer and neer unto the houre of noon-stead in the day, so as they journeyed in a way full of dust, when the sun was exceeding hot; and even now they began to feel thirst and weariness already.

Where it comes from

From sun + stead (“place, point, spot, position”), a calque of Latin sōlstitium. Compare Old English sunnstede.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sunstead (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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