stelled

English

Etymology

From stell (“to set, place, fix”).

Verb

stelled

simple past and past participle of stell

Adjective

stelled (not comparable)

(dialectal or obsolete) Firmly placed or fixed.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:
  The sea , with such a storm as his bare head
  In hell-black night endur'd , would have buoy'd up,
  And quench'd the stelled fires
(obsolete) Starry.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.