stapol

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stapul.

Akin to Old Frisian stapul (tooth-stem), Middle Low German stapel (execution block) (German Stapel (beam, stake)), Old High German staffal, Old Norse stöpull, Old English stæf (staff).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑ.pol/

Noun

stapol m

  1. basis
  2. post; trunk of a tree, support, stay
  3. pillar, column
  4. threshold; flight of stairs
  5. market, court

Declension

Synonyms

  • stapola

Descendants

  • Middle English: stapel, stapil, stapile, staple, stapul, stable
    • English: staple
    • Scots: steeple
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