stanweall

From stān +‎ weall.

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

stānweall m

1. stonewall, stone wall, rampart
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þā cwæð sē Ælmihtiġa tō Moysen, "Āstreċe ðīne hand ofer ðā sǣ, and tōdǣl hī." And Moyses ðā slōh þǣre sǣ ofer mid his ġyrde, and sēo sǣ tōēode on twā, and eal þæt Israhela folc ēode ofer ðā sǣ bē drīum grunde, and þæt wæter stōd him on twā healfa swilċe ōðer stānweall.

     Then the Almighty said to Moses: "Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it." And then Moses struck the sea with his staff, and the sea divided in two, and all the Israelites crossed over the sea on dry ground, and the water stood in two halves like stone walls.

   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

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English stonwal
  • English stonewall

• weallstān