staniel
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Etymology edit
From Middle English staniel (“bird of prey”), from Old English stānġilla, stānġella (“staniel, pelican”, literally “rock-crier”), from stān (“stone, rock”) + ġella (“yeller, crier”). More at stone, yell.
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staniel (plural staniels)
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Further reading edit
- Jules Derocquigny (1904) “Staniel”, in A Contribution to the Study of the French Element in English, page 280