Old English · noun

stapol

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈstɑ.pol/
Syllables: ˈstɑ · pol (2 syllables)
Modern English: basis staple stairs threshold column market post pillar

Meaning

basis
post; trunk of a tree, support, stay
pillar, column
threshold; flight of stairs
market, court

Declension

Declension of stapol
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stapol	stapolas
Accusative	stapol	stapolas
Genitive	stapoles	stapola
Dative	stapole	stapolum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stapul. Akin to Old Frisian stapul (“tooth-stem”), Middle Low German stapel (“execution block”) (German Stapel (“beam, stake”)), Old High German staffal, Old Norse stöpull, Old English stæf (“staff”).

Descendants

staple

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