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Old English
Etymology
From weall (“wall”) + steall (“place, stead”).
Pronunciation
Noun
weallsteall m or n
- (poetic) wall-place, place with buildings
10th century, The Wanderer:Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:- Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
and this dark life with wise thought,
shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:
Declension
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