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mæsse-steall

  • noun [ masculine ]
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mæsse-steall, es; m.
The place where the priest stood when saying mass (?), the altar (cf. gif preóst búton gehálgodon weófode mæssige,
    Ll. Th. ii. 292, 18. Se
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  • Geearnian wé mid gódum dǽdum. 'þæt is mid clǽne ælmessan and mid leóhte tó úrum ciricean and tó úrum mæssesteallum,

      Nap, 43.
pápa hét hine mæssian at S. Petres weófode, Ch. 995; P. 130, 28. Hé stód æt ðám weófode swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 355
Etymology
[Prof. Max Förster suggests another meaning, and compares steall with stallum = a stall, seat in the choir of a church, Nap. 84.]
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  • mæsse-steall, n.