weallsteall

Old English

Alternative forms

• wealsteal

Etymology

From weall (“wall”) +‎ steall (“place, stead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæ͜ɑllˌstæ͜ɑll/, [ˈwæ͜ɑɫˌstæ͜ɑɫ]

Noun

weallsteall m or n

1. (poetic) wall-place, place with buildings
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
     ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
     frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
     wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:

     Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
     and this dark life with wise thought,
     shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
     swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:

Declension

• Masculine

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	weallsteall	weallsteallas
accusative	weallsteall	weallsteallas
genitive	weallstealles	weallstealla
dative	weallstealle	weallsteallum

• Neuter

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	weallsteall	weallsteall
accusative	weallsteall	weallsteall
genitive	weallstealles	weallstealla
dative	weallstealle	weallsteallum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “weallsteall”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.