Middle English Dictionary Entry
astellen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | astellen v. Forms: p. astalde, astallede, astōlde; ppl. astal(le)d. |
| Etymology | OE āstellan; āst(e)alde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To set up or establish (sth.); establish or create (the World), establish or make (peace), institute (law, a sacrament); (b) to perform or do (sth.); give (a pledge); take to (flight).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)4/20 : Þæt haliȝ fulluht þe he [Crist] sylf astealde.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)19 : He us astalde his mildheortnesse laȝe..He[God] erest astalde þeos woreld.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6999 : Seoððen þeos worle wes astolled [read: astalled] ne cuðe na mon swa muchel of song.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8950 : Grið þer heo astalleden [Otho: makede].
- ?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)231 : Louerd, ich am moises..Ich dude þe lawen þat þou hete, Ich dude þe lawen þat þou astolde Wor to ben oþin on wolde.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8960 : Æðes þer weoren isworene & neoren heo nauere forlorne, for treowe men heom astalden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27060 : Þæ astalden þer flem þat ær staðel heolden.