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stǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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stǽlan, p. de
To impute a crime to (on, ongeán) a person, to charge, declare something against a person
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  • Ic ðé þreáge and stǽle beforan ðé and ðé cýðe eal ðás yflu

    arguam te, et statuam contra faciem tuam,

      Ps. Th. 49, 23.

  • Se deófol ða syndǽda stǽleþ on ða gástas

    the devil chargesthe spirits with their sinful deeds,

      Wulfst. 256, 7: Exon. Th. 84, 16; Cri. 1374.

  • Stǽleþ fǽhðe

    declares enmity,

      Cd. Th. 305, 2; Sat. 640.

  • Hé bútan leahtrum wæs clǽne geméted ðara ðinga ðe hine mon forewrégde and on stǽlde

    absque crimine accusatus fuisse inventus est,

      Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 31.

  • Wé ðec sóð on stǽldun

    we brought a true charge against thee,

      Exon. Th. 130, 17; Gú. 439.

  • Wið mé árison leáse gewitan and stǽldon on mé ðæt ic náwþer ne nyste ne ne worhte

    exurgentes testes iniqui quae ignorabam interrogabant me,

      Ps. Th. 34, 12.

  • Ic wolde andettan and stǽlan ongeán mé sylfne míne scylda

    pronuntiabo adversum me injustitias meas,

      31, 6.

  • Synne stǽlan,

      Menol. Fox 569; Gn. C. 54.

  • Fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan (

    of the threatened deluge

    ),
      Cd. Th. 81, 27; Gen. 1352.

  • Ic gefrægn mǽg óðerne billes ecgum on bonan stǽlan

    I heard that one kinsman with the edge of the sword brought home to the slayer the death of the other

    (? Eofor killed Ongentheow, who had slain his brother), Beo. Th. 4964; B. 2485.
Similar entries
v. be-, ge-, ofer-stǽlan; -stál.
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v.  on-stál be-stǽlan a-stælan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stǽlan.” 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/28645.

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