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stapol

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
stapol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§48; §57; §78; §221; §222; §341;
a post, pillar, column
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  • Stapul batis (basis?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 49:

    patronus

    (in a list giving parts of a house), i.
      26, 36.
  • Stapole

    cione (κίων a column, pillar ),

    ii.
      131, 41.
  • Of ðam beorge on ðone stapol; of ðam stapole,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 14, 11: 378, 15.
  • Tó ðam stǽnenan stapole; ðonne andlang ðæs weges óð ðone stǽnan stapol; of ðam stapole,

      418, 28.
  • Æt sténan steaple,

      Txts. 436, no. 25.
  • Stapul ǽrenne,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2126; An. 1064.
  • Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum,

      L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 306, 31: Wulfst. 267, 9.
  • Stánbogan stapulum fæste,

      Beo. Th. 5430; B. 2718.
  • Hé hét stapulas ásettan

    erectis stipitibus,

      Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 6.
  • Sweras unlytle, stapulas,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2986; An. 1496.
  • Staplas

    columbas (l. columnas),

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12.
a step, threshold(?)
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  • Hé tó healle gong, stód on stapole, geseah Grendles hond (

    the hand had been laid in the hall

    ),
      Beo. Th. 1856; B. 926.
Etymology
[O. Frs. stapul (-el) a block: O. H. Ger. stafol (-el) basis: Icel. stöpull a pillar: Dan. stabel a boundary-stone, post.]
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v. stapola.
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