a. Obs. rare. [f. STEAD sb. + -LESS. OE. had stędeléas without support, unsteady.] Having no place or position in space.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., V. 5249. Þe dewil said…; Sa, qwhar was God … Befor þat hewyn and erde was wroucht? Sancte Serf said: In hym selff stedles, Hys godheide hamprede neuir wes.
