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steall

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • adjective
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steall, es; m.
a standing position
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  • Setl gedafenaþ déman, and steall fylstendum ... Stephanus hine (

    Christ

    ) geseah standende, forðan ðe hé wæs his gefylsta,
      Homl. Th. i. 48, 29.
  • Syle hát drincan in stalle stonde góde hwíle

    give him the medicine hot to drink in a standing position; let him stand a good while,

      Lchdm. iii. 28, 5.
the way matters stand, position of affairs, state, condition
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  • Se steall cyricean

    status ecclesiae,

      Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 10.
  • On frǽcenesse heora stealles

    in periculum sui status,

      4, 25; S. 601, 18.
  • Be ðisses biscopes lífes stealle

    de cujus statu vitae,

      5, 19; S. 637, 2.
  • Be ðam stalle cyrican,

      3, 19, S. 561, 7.
  • On ðone ǽrran steall

    priscum in statum,

      5, 20; S. 642, 10: 5, 24; S. 646, 38.
  • Ðone stal ðæs ríces

    regni statum,

      4, 26; S. 603, 8.
position, place
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  • Horsa steal carceres (the starting-place in the circus), scridwísa

    auriga,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 37.
  • On brǽdo his stealles

    latitudine sui status,

      Bd, 1, 1; S. 474, 29.
  • Ðæt se sý furþor forlǽten on stealle and on setle (cf. on stele and on setle,

      13, 1), se ðe
    furðor on geearnunge sý, R. Ben. 12, 19.
  • Stande hé ealra ýtemest, oðþe on ðam stede ðe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle on sundrum betǽht hæfþ

    ultimus omnium stet aut in loco quem talibus negligentibus seorsum constituerit abbas,

      68, 11.
  • Ðæt hí nǽfre ne beón on stede ne on stealle, ðǽr ǽfre undón worðe ðæt úre forgengles geúðen,

      Chart. Th. 348, 30.
place, stead
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  • Brihtwald gehálgode Tobian on his steall,

      Chr. 693; Erl. 43, 19.
  • Steal. 780; Erl. 57, 1: 803; Erl. 61, 23.
  • Stall,

      779; Erl. 55, 38.
  • Stal,

      678; Erl. 41, 7: 727; Erl. 47, 2: 796; Erl. 59, 39.
a place for cattle, a stall
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  • Stal

    stabulum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 11.
  • Steal, i. 15, 23.
  • Ðæra tamra nýtena steall,

      Boutr. Scrd. 21, 9.
a place for catching fish
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  • Lét ða netto on stællo

    laxa retia in capturam (captura locus piscosus, ubi capiuntur pisces ),

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 4. (Cf stell, a
    a
Etymology
[O. Frs. stall standing; place; stall: O. H. Ger. stall stabulum, caula, praesepe; locus, statio, status: Icel. stallr a stall; shelf on which another thing is placed.]
Similar entries
v. æt-, bód-, burg-, fore-, ge-, geard-, hege-, mylen-, ofer-, on-, scip-, treów-, wæter-, weal-, weard-, weofod-, weoh-, wíc-, wíg-, wið-, wiðer-steall (-steal); fæst-steall; adj. Cf. stæl, stede.
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  • steall, n.; adj.