stanweall
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
stānweall m
- stonewall, stone wall, rampart
- Ða hwīle ðe mon worhte ða burg mid stānwealle
- While one built the city with a rampart
- Þæt wæter stōd him on twā healfa swilce ōðer stānweall
- The water stopped to him in two halves like a stonewall
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants
- Middle English stonwal
- English stonewall
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