different between stell vs stela

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (“to give a place to, set, place”), from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with Dutch stellen (“to set, put”), Low German stellen (“to put, place, fix”), German stellen (“to set, place, provide”), Old English steall (“position, place”). More at stall.

Verb

stell (third-person singular simple present stells, present participle stelling, simple past and past participle stelled or stold)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (transitive, obsolete) To portray; delineate; display.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece, 1443–44:

     To this well-painted piece is Lucrece come,

     To find a face where all distress is stelled.

   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 24:

     Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'd

     Thy beauty's form in table of my heart ...

Etymology 2

Alteration of stall, after the verb to stell.

Noun

stell (plural stells)

1. (archaic) A place; station.
2. A stall; a fold for cattle.
3. (Scotland) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.
4. (Scotland) A still.
   • 1786, Robert Burns, "The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer":

     Paint Scotland greetin owre her thrissle;

     Her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle;

     An' damn'd excisemen in a bussle,

     Seizin a stell,

     Triumphant crushin't like a mussel,

     Or limpet shell!

   • 1791, Robert Burns, "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation":

     The English stell we could disdain,

     Secure in valour's station;

     But English gold has been our bane-

     Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

Related terms

• stall

Anagrams

• Tells, tells

German

Verb

stell

1. singular imperative of stellen

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish stel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

stell n (genitive singular stells, nominative plural stell)

1. service (set of matching dishes or untensils)
2. set of false teeth

Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from stella (“to potter about, to tinker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?tl/
• Rhymes: -?tl

Noun

stell n (genitive singular stells, no plural)

1. pottering, tinkering, idle work

   Synonyms: föndur, bauk, dund, dútl

Declension

Plautdietsch

Adjective

stell

1. quiet, silent, still
2. calm, peaceful

Yola

Noun

stell

1. Alternative form of sthill

English

Alternative forms

• (pl.) stelae, steles

Etymology

From Latin st?la, from Ancient Greek ????? (st?l?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sti?l?/
• Rhymes: -i?l?
• Hyphenation: ste?la

Noun

stela (plural stelas or stelae)

1. (archaeology) an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone
   • 1776, R. Chandler, Trav. Greece, VIII?35

     In the courts of the houses lie many round stelæ, or pillars, once placed on the graves of the Athenians.

   • 1837, J. G. Wilkinson, Manners & Customs of the Anc. Egyptians, I?ii?101

     He erected a stela, with an inscription in the sacred character, to commemorate his successes.

   • 1876, S. Manning, Land of Pharaohs, 203

     The upright blocks or stelas are among the most curious parts of the present ruin.

   • 1893, E. A. T. W. Budge, Mummy, 30

     Thothmes I. set up two stelæ near the Euphrates.

Synonyms

• stele

Translations

Anagrams

• Astle, ETLAs, Slate, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, slate, stale, steal, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?st?la]

Verb

stela

1. masculine singular present transgressive of stlát

Related terms

• stelouc

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelan?.

Pronunciation

Verb

stela (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stal, third-person plural past indicative stálu, supine stolið)

1. (transitive, governs the dative) to steal

   Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?

   Who stole the cookie from the jar last night?

Derived terms

Related terms

• stuldur

See also

• þjófur
• þjófóttur
• þýfi

Latin

Noun

st?la f (genitive st?lae); first declension

1. column, pillar

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: stela
• Galician: estela
• ? Polish: stela

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• stele

Etymology

From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelan?.

Verb

stela (present tense stel, past tense stal, past participle stole, passive infinitive stelast, present participle stelande, imperative stel)

1. to steal (illegally take possession of)

2. to consume, take

   Dette arbeidet stel all fritida mi.

   This work takes all of my spare time.

3. to achieve or gain something by tricking someone or something

See also

• stjele (Bokmål)

References

• “stela” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stelan?, whence also Old English stelan, Old Saxon stelan, Old High German stelan, Old Norse stela.

Verb

stela

1. to steal

Descendants

• West Frisian: stelle

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stelan?, whence also Old English stelan, Old Frisian stela, Old Saxon stelan, Old High German stelan, Gothic ???????????????????????? (stilan).

Verb

stela (singular past indicative stal, plural past indicative stálu, past participle stolinn)

1. (transitive, with dative) to steal
2. (transitive, with accusative) to rob

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• stela in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

From Latin st?la, from Ancient Greek ????? (st?l?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?.la/

Noun

stela f

1. (archaeology) stele, stela (tall, slender stone monument)
2. (botany) stele (central core of the root and shoot system)

Declension

Further reading

• stela in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• stela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Adjective

stela

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of stel.

Anagrams

• salte, tesla

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stè???], [st?????], [stjæ????], [stjò???] (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -è???

Verb

stela (present stäl, preterite stal, supine stuli or stöle or stölä)

1. (active verb) steal (illegally take possession of)