weardsteall
Old English
noun
Definitions
- watchtower
Etymology
Compound from Old English weard (ward, keeper, guardian, watchman, guard, lurking, advance post, protector, guardianship, king, watching, waiting for, ambuscade, protection, lord, keeping, possessor) + Old English steall (position, stall, standing place, place, location).
Origin
Old English
steall
Gloss
position, stall, standing place, place, location
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *stallaz Proto-Germanic
- *wardaz Proto-Germanic
- *warduz Proto-Germanic
- andweard Old English
- batweard Old English
- ciricsteall Old English
- ciricweard Old English
- duruweard Old English
- eþelweard Old English
- feorhweard Old English
- foresteall Old English
- hamsteall Old English
- hlaford Old English
- leodweard Old English
- onsteall Old English
- steall Old English
- sæweard Old English
- weard Old English
- weohsteall Old English
- wyrtweard Old English
- æfweard Old English
- ætsteall Old English
- stall Middle English
- ward Middle English