weallsteall

• wealsteal

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

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

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:

• Masculine

Strong a-stem:

• Neuter

Strong a-stem:

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