Staþolian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

staþolian

p. ode. I. to establish, found, settle, fix :-- Ic tó ánum ðé mód staðolige to thee alone do I keep my mind constant, Andr. Kmbl. 164; An. 82. Staþelige, Exon. Th. 255. 30; Jul. 222. Ðú in God getreówdes ic in mínne fæder hyht staþelie thou didst trust in God, I found my hope on my father, 268, 25; Jul. 437. Ic ðý fæstlícor ferhð staðelige, hyht untweóndne, on Crist, Elen. Kmbl. 1591; El. 797. Ðe ðæs húses hróf staðeliaþ qui aedificant domum, Ps. Th. 126, 1. Ic on heofonum hám staðelode, Cd. Th. 281, 23; Sat. 276. Staðelodest fundasti, Ps. Spl. 101, 26: 103, 6, 9. Se steaðelade eorðan ofer steaðulfestnisse his. Ps. Surt. 103, 5. Hé woruld staþelode, Exon. Th. 206, 22; Ph. 130. Ðǽr hé hungrium hám staðelude collocavit illic esurientes, Ps. Th. 106, 35. Ðá hé æt Róme Cristes cyricean staþelode fundata Romae ecclesia Christi, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 13. Se wealdend ðe ðæt weorc staðolade, Andr. Kmbl. 1598; An. 800: Met. 29, 87. Ðá heó in helle hám staðeledon, Cd. Th. 266, 21; Sat. 25. Staðelodon, 286, 1; Sat. 345. Staðola ðú ða óðra on hira hámon, Gen. 48, 6. Geleáfan fæste staðelian on úrum heortum, Blickl. Homl. 111, 4. Staþelign, 115, 1. II. to make steadfast, confirm, endow with steadfastness :-- Ne míð ðú for menigo, ah ðínne módsefan staðola wið strangum ... herd hyge ðínne, heortan staðola, Andr. Kmbl. 2419-2428; An. 1212-1215. Staþelige man and strangie hí georne, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 3. Se hálga ongan hyge staðolian, Elen. Kmbl. 2186; El. 1094. Mód staþelian geleáfan, Exon. Th. 168, 26; Gú. 1083: 264, 15; Jul. 364. Úre heortan rihtan and staðelion. Wulfst. 253, 18.

Related words: ge-, gegrund-staðolian (-elian). staþolian