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▪ I. † ˈstathel, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 (ᵹe-)staðolian, (ᵹe)staðelian, 2 (i-)staðel(e.
[OE. (ᵹe)staðolian, f. staðol foundation: see staddle n.]
trans. To place on a foundation (lit. and fig.); to establish.
971Blickl. Hom. iii, Þone rihtan ᵹeleafan fæste staðelian on urum heortum. c1175Lamb. Hom. 115 Ðes kingges rihtwisnesse arereð his kine setle and his sodfestnesse istaþeleð þes folkes stere. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 127 He makede his wunienge in þe wilderne and staðelede his liflode on fode and on shrude swo þat he was bicumelich to his wuninge. c1205Lay. 6777 Þis lond wes istaðeled, & stod i þon ilke fulle ten ȝere. a1300E.E. Psalter viii. 4 (Egerton MS.), The mone and sternes..þat þou staþeled for to be [Harl. þat þou staþheled swa; Vesp. þat þou grounded to be swa]. Ibid. xx. 12 Þai þought redes þat staþel þai ne might.
▪ II. stathel(e
obs. and dial. forms of staddle n. |