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English
Noun
steele
- (obsolete) Alternative form of steel.
1592/3, Thomas Nashe, The Choise of Valentines (Poetry), published 1899, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 27, 2006:Adieu! faint-hearted instrument of lust; / That falselie hath betrayde our equale trust. / Hence-forth no more will I implore thine ayde, / Or thee, or man of cowardize upbrayde. / My little dilldo shall suply their kinde: / A knaue, that moues as light as leaues by winde; / That bendeth not, nor fouldeth anie deale, / But stands as stiff as he were made of steele; / And playes at peacock twixt my leggs right blythe, / And doeth my tickling swage with manie a sighe. / For, by saint Runnion! he'le refresh me well; / And neuer make my tender bellie swell.
1601, Pliny, translated by P. Holland, Hist. World, II xxxiv xiv 514:The purest part thereof which in Latine is called Nucleus ferri, i. the kernell or heart of the yron (and it is that which we call steele)
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 33:...Like a man of Steele.
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Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsteːle/,
- Rhymes: -eːle
- Syllabification(key): stee‧le
- Hyphenation(key): stee‧le
Noun
steele
- (archaeology) stele (upright, or formerly upright slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions)
Declension
Synonyms
Anagrams
North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stelaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
steele
- (Mooring) to steal
Conjugation
Conjugation of
steele (
Mooring dialect)
infinitive I
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steele
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infinitive II
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(tu) steelen
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infinitive III
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än steel
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past participle
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steelen
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imperative
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steel
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present
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past
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1st-person singular
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steel
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stälj
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2nd-person singular
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steelst
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stäljst
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3rd-person singular
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steelt
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stälj
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plural
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steele
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stäljen
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perfect
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pluperfect
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1st-person singular
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hääw steelen
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häi steelen
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2nd-person singular
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hääst steelen
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häist steelen
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3rd-person singular
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heet steelen
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häi steelen
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plural
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hääwe steelen
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häin steelen
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future (schale)
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future (wårde)
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1st-person singular
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schal steele
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wård steele
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2nd-person singular
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schäät steele
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wårst steele
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3rd-person singular
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schal steele
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wårt steele
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plural
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schan steele
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wårde steele
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