staþol
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *staþulaz, whence also Old High German stadal, Old Norse stöðull.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɑ.θol/, [ˈstɑ.ðol]
Noun
staþol m
- foundation, establishment
- fixed position
- heavenly firmament
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- ⁊ þā wearð ætȳwed · uppe on roderum
steorra on staþole...
comēta bē naman · cræftglēawe men
wīse sōþboran...- And then appeared, up in the heavens,
a star in the firmament...
a comet by name, according to sage-minded men,
wise bearers of truth...
- And then appeared, up in the heavens,
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | staþol | staþolas |
| accusative | staþol | staþolas |
| genitive | staþoles | staþola |
| dative | staþole | staþolum |
Derived terms
- edstaþelian
- edstaþeliend
- edstaþeliġ
- edstaþelung
- ġeedstaþelian
- ġeedstaþeliend
- ġeedstaþelung
- ġegrundstaþelian
- ġestaþelfæstan
- ġestaþelian
- ġestaþolfæstnian
- ġestaþolung
- grundstaþelian
- mōdstaþol
- mōdstaþolfæstnes
- mōdstaþolnes
- staþolæht
- staþolfæst
- staþolfæstlīċ
- staþolfæstlīċe
- staþolfæstnes
- staþolfæstnian
- staþolfæstnung
- staþolian
- staþoliend
- staþolnes
- staþolung
- staþolwang
- understaþolfæst
- unstaþolfæst
- unstaþolfæstnes
- westenstaþol
Descendants
- Middle English: stathel
- Scots: stathel, stassel
- English: stathel, staddle
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “staþol”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Old English to Modern English Translator