stanweall

Old English

Alternative forms
  • stānƿeall – wynn spelling

Etymology

From stān + weall

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑːn.wæ͜ɑll/, [ˈstɑːn.wæ͜ɑɫ]

Noun

stānweall m

  1. stonewall, stone wall, rampart
    Ða hwīle ðe mon worhte ða burg mid stānwealle
    While one built the city with a rampart
    Þæt wæter stōd him on twā healfa swilce ōðer stānweall
    The water stopped to him in two halves like a stonewall

Declension
Declension of stanweall (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative stānweall stānweallas
accusative stānweall stānweallas
genitive stānwealles stānwealla
dative stānwealle stānweallum

Descendants
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