gesteal

From ġe- +‎ steall. Akin to German Gestell, Middle High German gestelle, Old High German gistelli.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈstæ͜ɑl/

ġesteal n

1. constitution, frame, foundation
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Hēr bið feoh lǣne, · hēr bið frēond lǣne,
     hēr bið mon lǣne, · hēr bið mǣġ lǣne;
     eal þis eorþan ġesteal · īdel weorþeð!

     Here money is fleeting, here friend is fleeting,
     here man is fleeting, here kinsman is fleeting;
     All this foundation of the Earth will be empty!

Strong a-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ġesteal”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.