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Old English · verb

stælan

Normalised stǣlan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈstæː.lɑn/
Syllables
ˈstæː · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
instituteimputeestablishadmitconfesswrong-doing

Meaning

  1. to establish, found, institute

  2. to continue, carry on

  3. to admit, confess; base, declare

  4. to charge, accuse, impute wrong-doing to, lay blame

Conjugation

Conjugation of stælan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular stǣlestǣlde
2nd singular stǣleststǣlststǣldest
3rd singular stǣleþstǣlþstǣlde
Plural stǣlaþstǣldon
Subjunctive
Singular stǣlestǣlde
Plural stǣlenstǣlden
Non-finite forms of stælan
Form
Infinitive stǣlan
Inflected infinitive stǣlenne
Imperative singular stǣl
Imperative plural stǣlaþ
Present participle stǣlende
Past participle stǣledġestǣled

All forms (17)

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of earlier *stæþlan or derived from stāl (“charge, lawsuit, strife, resistance”). Compare Old English staþol (“base, foundation”).

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