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To set up,
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  • Æfter þǽre bysne þe God on Adame ástealde,

      Wlfst. 154, 15.

  • Mid his eádmódnysse ástellan ðá bysne,

      Hml. Th. ii. 40, 23.
of initial action,
to do something first
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  • Stephanus ðone martyrdom æfter Gode ástealde

    Stephen was the first to suffer martyrdom after Christ,

      Hml. Th. i. 50, 2.

  • Sé þe gód beginnan þence, hé þæt angin on him sylfum ástelle

    let him make a beginning with himself,

      Lch. iii. 438, 32.
to found a place, institute an office
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  • Heó hæfde ásteald mynster,

      Hml. S. 2, 310.

  • Hú bisceophádas wurdan ǽrest ástealde,

      Wlfst. 176, 6.
to establish a practice, doctrine,
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  • Hé ástealde ealle gifa and ealle sóðfæstnyssa,

      Hml. Th. i. 198, 2.

  • Ðá láre þe hé ástealde,

    • ii. 586, 3
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    • Hml. S. 25, 704.

  • Þæt him beón heora ǽhta eallum gemǽne, swá ðá apostoli hit ástealdon,

      Hml. Th. i. 318, 10.

  • Þis fæsten wæs ásteald,

      ii. 100, 1.

  • Cumlíðnys wæs ásteald ðurh hálgum heáhfæderum,

      386, 16.
to establish, confirm
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  • Hé á his bodunga mid gebysnungum ástealde and eác mid wundrum geglengde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 148, 27.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-stellan.” 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/39089.

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