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stæl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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stæl, es; n.
a place
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  • Stalu tó fuglum

    umbrellas,

      Txts. 107, 2153.
place, stead
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  • Cristenum cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on fæder stæle cristenre þeóde,

      L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 23: Beo. Th. 2963; B. 1479.

  • Ic eom gesceádwísnes and is eom ǽlcum manniscum móde on ðam stale ðe seó háwung byþ ðam eágum,

      Shrn. 178, 9.

  • Gé beóþ mé talade on bearna stæl,

      Exon. Th. 366, 13; Reb. 11: Cd. Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113.
stead (as in the phrase to stand a person in good stead.
Cf. stælwirðe)
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  • Hié ðæm ádrǽfdan on nánum stale beón ne mehton

    they could not be of any assistance to the exile,

      Ors. 5, 9; Swt. 232, 23.
situation, condition
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  • Mé lyste witan be ðam gewitte, hweðer hyt æfter ðæs líchaman gedále and ðare sáwle weóxe ðe wanede, ðe hyt swá on stæle stóde, ðe hyt swá dyde, swá hyt ǽr dǽð on ðisse weorulde, óðre hwíle weóxe óðre hwíle wanode (cf. 200, 17-19),

      Shrn. 199, 26-30.
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v. æt-, on-stæl; steall.
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v.  æt-steal.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stæl.” 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/28644.

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