Édyl-stæf
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - édyl-stæf
According to the Old English Dictionary:
édulf-stæf, es;
- édyl-stæf
- m. A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentáculuin:-- Ic eorn orwéna ðæt unc se [seó MS.] éðylstæf ǽfre weorþe gifeðe I am hopeless that to us two the staff of the family will ever be by lot, Cd. 101; Th. 134, ii; Gen. 2223.