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stǽna

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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stǽna, (or -e; f.), an; m. A stean, a pot of stone or
earth
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  • Stǽnan

    gillone (gillo lagena, vas vinarium ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 3,
Etymology
[Sete adun þine stene (waterpot, Jn. 4, 28), Misc. 85, 29. Stene (cruse, 1 Kings 17, 12), Wick. Into a stene lette hem be pressed, Pall. 4, 666. See Halliwell's Dict., and Spenser's F. Q. vii, stanza 42: Upon an huge great earth-pot steane he stood. O. H. Ger. steinna olla, cacabus.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stǽna.” 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/28654.

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