steedy

It was aye pit-mirk; the flame o 'th can'le, when he set it on the grund, brunt steedy an clear as in a room; naething moved, but the Dule water seepin' and sabbin 'doon the glen, an' yon unhaly footstep that cam 'ploddin' doun the stairs inside the manse.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

It was aye pit-mirk; the flame o 'the can'le, when he set it on the grund, brunt steedy and clear as in a room; naething moved, but the Dule Water seepin' and sabbin 'doon the glen, an' yon unhaly footstep that cam 'plodding' doun the stairs inside the manse.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

I mind the nicht weel; a mune smoored wi 'mist; a fine gaun breeze upon the water, but no steedy; an' -- what nane o 'us likit to hear -- anither wund gurlin' owerheid, amang thae fearsome, auld stane craigs o 'the Cutchull'ns.

Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

It was aye pit-mirk; the flame o 'the can'le, when he set it on the grund, brunt steedy and clear as in a room; naething moved, but the Dule water seepin' and sabbin 'doon the glen, an' yon unhaly footstep that cam 'ploddin doun the stairs inside the manse.

Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872