Old English · noun
staþol
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈstɑ.θol/[ˈstɑ.ðol]
- Syllables
- ˈstɑ · θol (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- foundationstaddlestathelestablishmentfirmament
Meaning
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foundation, establishment
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fixed position
Stīeran mon sċeal strongum mōde, ond þæt on staþelum healdan, ond ġewis werum, wīsum clǣne.
A man shall withhold with a strong mind, and hold that on groundworks, and be unswerving in the men, be clean in ways.
10th century, The Seafarer: -
heavenly firmament
⁊ þā wearð ætȳwed · uppe on roderum steorra on staþole... comēta bē naman · cræftglēawe men wīse sōþboran... And then appeared, up in the heavens, a star in the firmament... a comet by name, according to sage-minded men,
wise bearers of truth...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *staþulaz, whence also Old High German stadal, Old Norse stöðull.
Descendants
staddle, stathel
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