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stigel

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
stigel, e ; f.
A stile, set of steps for getting over a fence
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  • Fram ðam wón stocce tó cinta stiogole ; ðanne fram cinta stiogole tó earnes beáme,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 24.
  • Stigole, iii. 227, 19.
  • Stigele,

      236, 25 : v. 40, 6, 7, 10 : 148, 1.
  • Tó ðære stigelæ tó ðæs bisceopæs mearcæ,

      84, 13, 16.
  • Of ðam seáðe in ða ealdan stihle ; of ðære stihle, iii. 386, 17-18.
  • The word occurs also in compounds

    Ðanon on ðone bóchagan wið ðere bócstigele, v. 70, 27.

Etymology
[Ryght as they wolde han troden ouer a style, Chauc. Pard. T. 712. Style, where men gon over scansillum, scansile, Prompt. Parv. 475, col. 2. O. H. Ger. stiglia a postern ; posticium.]
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v.  bóc-stigel.
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