Á-stellan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

á-stellan

Add: To set up, (1) to set an example :-- Æfter þǽre bysne þe God on Adame ástealde, Wlfst. 154, 15. Mid his eádmódnysse ástellan ðá bysne, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 23. (2) of initial action, (a) to do something first :-- Stephanus ðone martyrdom æfter Gode ástealde Stephen was the first to suffer martyrdom after Christ, Hml. Th. i. 50, 2. Sé þe gód beginnan þence, hé þæt angin on him sylfum ástelle let him make a beginning with himself, Lch. iii. 438, 32. (b) to found a place, institute an office :-- Heó hæfde ásteald mynster, Hml. S. 2, 310. Hú bisceophádas wurdan ǽrest ástealde, Wlfst. 176, 6. (c) to establish a practice, doctrine, &c. :-- Hé ástealde ealle gifa and ealle sóðfæstnyssa, Hml. Th. i. 198, 2. Ðá láre þe hé ástealde, ii. 586, 3: Hml. S. 25, 704. Þæt him beón heora ǽhta eallum gemǽne, swá ðá apostoli hit ástealdon, Hml. Th. i. 318, 10. Þis fæsten wæs ásteald, ii. 100, 1. Cumlíðnys wæs ásteald ðurh hálgum heáhfæderum, 386, 16. (3) to establish, confirm :-- Hé á his bodunga mid gebysnungum ástealde and eác mid wundrum geglengde, Hml. Th. ii. 148, 27. a-stellan