Old English · noun
gesteal
Normalised ġesteal
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈstæ͜ɑl/
- Syllables
- je · ˈstæ͜ɑl (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- constitutionframefoundation
Meaning
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constitution, frame, foundation
hēr bið mon lǣne, · hēr bið mǣġ lǣne; eal þis eorþan ġesteal · īdel weorþeð!
Here money is fleeting, here friend is fleeting, here man is fleeting, here kinsman is fleeting; All this foundation of the Earth will be empty!
Hēr bið feoh lǣne, · hēr bið frēond lǣne,
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From ġe- + steall. Akin to German Gestell, Middle High German gestelle, Old High German gistelli.
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