stell

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See also: stëll and Stell

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (to give a place to, set, place), from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (to put, position), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to place, put, post, stand). Cognate with Dutch stellen (to set, put), Low German stellen (to put, place, fix), German stellen (to set, place, provide), Old English steall (position, place). More at stall.

Verb

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stell (third-person singular simple present stells, present participle stelling, simple past and past participle stelled or stold)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      How he escaped a broken neck in that dreadful place no human being will ever ken. The sweat, he has told me, stood in cold drops upon his forehead; he scarcely was aware of the saddle in which he sat, and his eyes were stelled in his head so that he saw nothing but the sky ayont him.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To portray; delineate; display.

Etymology 2

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Alteration of stall, after the verb to stell.

Noun

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stell (plural stells)

  1. (archaic) A place; station.
  2. A stall; a fold for cattle.
  3. (Scotland) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.
  4. (Scotland) A still.
    • 1786, Robert Burns, The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer:
      Paint Scotland greetin owre her thrissle;
      Her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle;
      An' damn'd excisemen in a bussle,
      Seizin a stell,
      Triumphant crushin't like a mussel,
      Or limpet shell!
    • 1791, Robert Burns, Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation:
      The English stell we could disdain,
      Secure in valour's station;
      But English gold has been our bane—
      Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!
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Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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stell

  1. singular imperative of stellen

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Danish stel.

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Noun

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stell n (genitive singular stells, nominative plural stell)

  1. service (set of matching dishes or untensils)
  2. set of false teeth
Declension
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    Declension of stell
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stell stellið stell stellin
accusative stell stellið stell stellin
dative stelli stellinu stellum stellunum
genitive stells stellsins stella stellanna

Etymology 2

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Back-formation from stella (to potter about, to tinker).

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Noun

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stell n (genitive singular stells, no plural)

  1. pottering, tinkering, idle work
    Synonyms: föndur, bauk, dund, dútl
Declension
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    Declension of stell
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative stell stellið
accusative stell stellið
dative stelli stellinu
genitive stells stellsins

Plautdietsch

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Adjective

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stell

  1. quiet, silent, still
  2. calm, peaceful

Yola

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Noun

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stell

  1. Alternative form of sthill (handle)
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:
      An broughet ee stell, ing a emothee knaghane.
      And broke the handle in a pismire-hill.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88