staþol

Old English

Alternative forms

• staþul

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *staþulaz, whence also Old High German stadal, Old Norse stöðull.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.θol/, [ˈstɑ.ðol]

Noun

staþol m

1. foundation, establishment
2. fixed position
3. heavenly firmament

Declension

Declension of staþol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	staþol	staþolas
accusative	staþol	staþolas
genitive	staþoles	staþola
dative	staþole	staþolum

Derived terms

• edstaþelian
• edstaþeliend
• edstaþeliġ
• edstaþelung
• grundstaþelian
• mōdstaþol
• mōdstaþolfæstnes
• mōdstaþolnes
• staþolæht
• staþolfæst
• staþolfæstlīċ
• staþolfæstlīċe
• staþolfæstnes
• staþolfæstnian
• staþolfæstnung
• staþolian
• staþoliend
• staþolnes
• staþolung
• staþolwang
• understaþolfæst
• unstaþolfæst
• unstaþolfæstnes
• westenstaþol
• ġeedstaþelian
• ġeedstaþeliend
• ġeedstaþelung
• ġegrundstaþelian
• ġestaþelfæstan
• ġestaþelian
• ġestaþolfæstnian
• ġestaþolung

 

Descendants

• Middle English: stathel
  • Scots: stathel, stassel
  • English: stathel, staddle

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “staþol”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Old English to Modern English Translator