stelled

English

Etymology

From stell (“to set, place, fix”).

Verb

stelled

1. simple past and past participle of stell

Adjective

stelled (not comparable)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Firmly placed or fixed.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:

     The sea , with such a storm as his bare head
     In hell-black night endur'd , would have buoy'd up,
     And quench'd the stelled fires

2. (obsolete) Starry.