STAID, pret, and participle passive of stay; so written for stayed.
1.adjective [from stay, to stop.] Sober; grave; steady; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty or fanciful; as staid wisdom.
To ride out with staid guides.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.