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stela

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
stela, steola, stæla; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
the stalk of a plant
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  • Steola caulem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 53: cauliculus, 103, 50: 129, 84, Stela caulem, 13, 14:

    cauliculus,

      76, 11: i. 33, l0.
  • Healm

    vel stela culmus, i. stramen spicarum,

    ii.
      137, 58.
  • Sæpig stela

    succulentus cauliculus (ramusculus),

      Hpt. Gl. 419, 45.
  • Hyre

    (leechwort)

    stela byþ mid geþúfum bógum,
      Lchdm. i. 248, 18.
  • Genim ðysse wyrte wós oððe ðone stelan mid ðam wæstme,

      156, 21: 160, 11: 184, 20.
  • Eleleáfes stelan, ii. 272, 23.
  • Heó hafap nigon wyrttruman and swá fela stelena, i. 238, 17.
  • Mid feówer reádum stælum (stelum,

      MS. B.), 154, 15.
  • Genim nigon stelan,

      230, 20.
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  • Witan sceoldon smeágan hwilc ðæra stelenna ðæs cinestóles wǽre tóbrocen, and bétan ðone sóna. Se cinestól stynt on ðisum þrím stelum:

    laboratores, bellatores, oratores,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 15-19.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. stil thyrsus herbae: Ger. stiel.]
Similar entries
v. cawel-stela; -steled.
Linked entries
v.  steola stealu.
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  • stela, n.