stanweall

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Old English

Etymology

From stān +‎ weall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑːn.wæ͜ɑll/,

Noun

stānweall m

  1. stonewall, stone wall, rampart
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Þā cwæð sē Ælmihtiġa tō Moysen, "Āstreċe ðīne hand ofer ðā sǣ, and tōdǣl hī." And Moyses ðā slōh þǣre sǣ ofer mid his ġyrde, and sēo sǣ tōēode on twā, and eal þæt Israhela folc ēode ofer ðā sǣ bē drīum grunde, and þæt wæter stōd him on twā healfa swilċe ōðer stānweall.
      Then the Almighty said to Moses: "Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it." And then Moses struck the sea with his staff, and the sea divided in two, and all the Israelites crossed over the sea on dry ground, and the water stood in two halves like stone walls.
    Ða hwīle ðe mon worhte ða burg mid stānwealle
    While one built the city with a rampart
    Þæt wæter stōd him on twā healfa swilce ōðer stānweall
    The water stopped to him in two halves like a stonewall

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative stānweall stānweallas
accusative stānweall stānweallas
genitive stānwealles stānwealla
dative stānwealle stānweallum

Descendants

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