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stípel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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stípel, es ; m.
A tower
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  • Stýpel

    turris,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 39 : 83, 32 : Lk. Skt. 13, 4.
  • Ðú ðencst to gewyrcenne wundorlícne stýpel and swíðe heálícne ; hoga ymbe ða gástlícan gestreón tó ðæs stýpeles getimbrunge. . . Ne biþ ðes stýpol getimbrod mid ǽnigum weorcstáne, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 38, 6-14.

  • Stépel stræncðe

    turris fortitudinis,

      Ps. Lamb. 60, 4.

  • Stépeles

    turris,

      Hpt. Gl. 499, 60.

  • Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende ðam stýple (stýpele, MS. D.) fut gehende

    he was buried at the west end (of the minster at Ely) quite close to the tower,

      Chr. 1036 ; Erl. 165, 38.

  • Ðæt hé gesáwe ða burh and ðone stípel (

    the tower of Babel

    ),
      Gen. 11, 5.

  • Stýpel,

      Homl. Th. i. 22, 19 : ii. 472, 25.

  • Timbrian ánne stýpel

    turrem aedificare,

      Lk. Skt. 14, 28.

  • Hé worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel and mid scínendum gymmum besette eall ðæt hús, and on ðære upflóra his cynestól geworhte,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 29.

  • On stýpelum

    in turribus,

      Ps. Spl. 47, 11 : 121, 7.
Etymology
[Hí clumben upp tó þe stépel, Chr. 1070 ; Erl. 209, 9. Þá com se fír on ufenweard þone stépel, and forbearnde ealle þe minstre, 1122 ; Erl. 249, 6.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stípel.” 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/29014.

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