Middle English Dictionary Entry
stẹ̄̆led ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | stẹ̄̆led ppl. Also stelde, isteled(e, i)stelet. |
| Etymology | From stẹ̄̆l(e n.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stelen adj.
1.
Hardened to steel; made of steel; also, tipped or overlaid with steel; wel ~.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)51/560 : Ha bigon to broken al as þet istelede irn strac hire in ouer al.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)16/136 : Þis schenðlac & te grure of ham were unimete pine &, hure, þolien & abeoren hare unirude duntes wið mealles istelet.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1250 : Hose hedde a swerd here Þat wel isteled and kene were, And he hit into þe fuir dude Þat hit were brennynge in þe stude, Ho is þat þenne mihte..Þe fuyr to-delen þe stel fro?
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8209 : With her tolys, stelyd & wel whet, Þe long day þei han to-gidre met.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6741 : His spere was strong, the hed wel steled.
- c1450 Swarte smekyd (Arun 292)14 : Stark strokes þei stryken on a stelyd stokke.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2391 : Pendaunt theryn, ther goth a beem alonge, Therof the hed is iron steeled stronge.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)216/5 : Than sir Cador rode unto the kyng of Lybye with a swerde well stelyd and smote hym an hyghe uppon the hede.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)919 : Wyth coronals stef and stelde Eyþer smyt oþer in þe scheld.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)85/319b : Calibatus: stelyd.
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)579 : Þe swerd stent for no stuf, hit was so wel steled [Ir: stelet].