stæl

See also: Staël

Old English

Etymology

Related to stǣlan. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæl/

Noun

stæl n

1. place
2. condition, situation; stead

Notes

The length of the vowel is uncertain.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	stæl	stalu
accusative	stæl	stalu
genitive	stæles	stala
dative	stæle	stalum

Derived terms

• stælwierþe

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stæl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 709.