Obs. Also 6 steeme. [Aphetic var. of ESTEEM sb. Cf. next.
It is noteworthy that the first two examples are much earlier than any known instance of the fuller form.]
Estimation, value.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 98. Þat may þou here in sir Tristrem; ouer gestes it has þe steem, Ouer alle that is or was.
a. 1380. St. Ambrose, 893, in Horstm., Altengl. Leg. (1878), 22. Þou schuldest þenke bi good steem Þou nart but riht as on of hem.
1588. Greene, Alcida (1617), E 4. Of little steeme is Crystall being crackt.
