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Ā stæðian is ā stōw oþþe pæð tō (mǣst) ūtanweardum plegum, drēamscēawian, oþþe ōðerum gesceadwīsum and wǣreþ of feld oþþe stæge hwæðer þe dǣlþlīc oþþe fullīce ymbset by þām crēftigum getimbrod tō lǣtan gesihðende standan oþþe sittan and gesēon þone gesceadwīsnes.[2][3]
Pausanias gemearcode þæt for ymb hwīlfdēl ān hundseofontig gearan sēo ānlīċ gesceaft be þām ealdan Creacisce Olympic ƿeoh ƿæs þæt ræs þæt bepǣd ān fæðm þæs stāðules be Olimpia, þǣr þæt word "stadium" ārās.
Mǣst of þām stæðian mid ār 10,000 sittendum ǣrend cumsað for gyldfōtþōðer. Ōðre ƿyrtega stāðula sportum þe bēoð grydīsern fōtbal, cawlþōðer, crīcċescetsian, þā fela cēapa þæs of reo hōcburhfōtþōðer, þætsticbeallfeld, īsbeall oþþe bændi, and būlhering. Mǣnig lǣċ gærstow sindon ā ēac cumsað for sangcræftum.
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