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sticol

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sticol, adj.
lofty, reaching to a great height, of a mountain
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  • 'Ic wille standan on ðisum steápum munte'. . . Moyses ðá ástáh tó ðam sticolan munte,

      Homl. Skt. i. 13, 9-12.

  • Wæs án myrige dún . . . ful sméðe . . . se streám arn of ðære sticolan dúne,

      19, 108-115.

  • Hét hí ástígan tó ánre sticolre dúne,

      3, 235.
lofty, placed high, situated at a great height
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  • Wé biddaþ ðæt ðú ástíge tó ðam sticelan scylfe,

      Homl. Th. ii. 300, 1.

  • Martinus ástáh on ðam sticelan hrófe,

      510, 7.

  • Eraclius ástáh tó ðære sticolan upflóra,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 67.

  • Ástáh heofonan sticole

    conscendit caelos arduos,

      Hymn. Surt. 89, 8.
rough, rugged, difficult, steep (Halliwell gives
stickle as a Devonshire word = steep)
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  • Sticol

    asper,

      Wülck. Gl. 256, 32.

  • Se weig is swíðe nearu and sticol, se ðe lǽt tó heofonan ríce . . . Ðonne máge wé ðurh Godes fultum ástígan ðone sticolan weg, ðe ús gelǽt tó ðam écan lífe,

      Homl. Th. i. 162, 23-35.

  • Se weg is rúm and forðheald, ðe tó deáðe lǽt; se is neara and sticol, ðe tó lífe lǽt,

      R. Ben. 5, 21: Shrn. 12, 19.

  • On wyrmes líc sticoles (

    rough, scaly

    ),
      Salm. Kmbl. 307; Sal. 153.

  • Be westan róde óð sticelan stíg,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29.

  • Sticule scylpas

    scabri murices, Germ. 399, 446. III a. difficult, arduous :-- Sticol arduam (rem ),

      R. Ben. Interl. 16, 1.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. stecul confragosus, fragosus, preruptus: O. H. Ger. stechal arduus, asper, fragosus, praeceps, praeruptus, abruptus.]
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v.  sticel.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sticol.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28947.

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