Stílan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Stílan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 stílan

p. de ; pp. ed To steel, temper, harden :--Sum mæg stýled sweord, wǽpen gewyrcan, Exon. Th. 42, 28 ; Cri. 679. [Þat istelet (istelede, Bodl. MS.) irn tolimede hire, Jul. 58, 8. Icel. stæla to steel, temper ; sverð stælt með eitri a sword tempered with poison ; cf. eitri herðr : Germ. stählen.] stilan

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ᛋᛏᛁᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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