steall – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of steall

Noun: steall
Gender: n

Nominative

Singularsteall
Pluralsteallas; steall

Genitive

Singularstealles
Pluralstealla

Dative

Singularstealle
Pluralsteallum

Accusative

Singularsteall
Pluralsteallas; steall

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  • Đyssum tidum Ongolcyningas þā æðelestan Ōswēo Norðanhymbra cyning ⁊ Eċġberht Contwarena cyning hæfdon betweoh him sprǣċe ⁊ ġeþēahte, hwæt tō donne wǣre bī þǣm stealle Ongolcynnes ċiriċan . (At this time the most noble English kings, Oswiu of Northumbria and Ecgberht of Kent, held a discussion and conference between them about what was to be done about the state of the English church.)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stallaz, *staþl-, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”) and Proto-Indo-European *stel-. Akin to Old Frisian stal, Old High German stall (German Stall (“stable”), Stelle (“place”)), Old Norse stallr. See: German Nouns 'Stall', Old Norse Nouns 'stallr'.

Verbs referencing "steall"

English Nouns stall, English Nouns install, Middle English Nouns stalle.

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