The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steem \Steem\ (st[=e]m), v. & n.
See Esteem. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Steem \Steem\, v. & n.
See 1st and 2nd Stem. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Stem \Stem\, Steem \Steem\, v. i. To gleam. [Obs.]
His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . .
[And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron].
--Chaucer.
Stem \Stem\, Steem \Steem\, n. A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. (context obsolete English) A gleam of light; a flame. n. (context obsolete English) A gleam of light; a flame. Etymology 2
n. (context obsolete English) value. (14th-16th c.) vb. (context obsolete English) To value, esteem. (16th-17th c.)
Usage examples of "steem".
Eftsoones all burning with a fresh desire,Of fell reuenge, in their malicious moodThey from them selues gan turne their furious ire,And cruell blades yet steeming with whot bloud,Against those two let driue, as they were wood:Who wondring much at that so sodaine fit,Yet nought dismayd, them stoutly well withstood.