▪ 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.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. iii, Þone rihtan ᵹeleafan fæste staðelian on urum heortum. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 115 Ðes kingges rihtwisnesse arereð his kine setle and his sodfestnesse istaþeleð þes folkes stere. c 1200 Trin. 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. c 1205 Lay. 6777 Þis lond wes istaðeled, & stod i þon ilke fulle ten ȝere. a 1300 E.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.