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Old English · noun

steall

Part of speech
noun, masculine / neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/stæ͜ɑll/
[stæ͜ɑɫ]
Syllables
stæ͜ɑll (1 syllable)
Modern English
situationstandingaffairsstallpositionsteadfishing

Meaning

  1. a position, especially one that is standing; position of affairs, state, condition, standing, situation; stead

    Đyssum tidum Ongolcyningas þā æðelestan Ōswēo Norðanhymbra cyning ⁊ Eċġberht Contwarena cyning hæfdon betweoh him sprǣċe ⁊ ġeþēahte, hwæt tō donne wǣre bī þǣm stealle Ongolcynnes ċiriċan.

    At this time the most noble English kings, Oswiu of Northumbria and Ecgberht of Kent, held a discussion and conference between them about what was to be done about the state of the English church.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

  2. place, stead

  3. a place for cattle, stall, stable

  4. fishing ground, place to catch fish

Declension

Declension of steall
SingularPlural
Nominative steallsteallassteall
Accusative steallsteallassteall
Genitive steallesstealla
Dative steallesteallum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stallaz, *staþl-, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”) and Proto-Indo-European *stel-. Akin to Old Frisian stal, Old High German stall (German Stall (“stable”), Stelle (“place”)), Old Norse stallr.

Descendants

stall

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