sticol
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsti.kol/
Adjective
sticol
- lofty
- rugged, difficult, steep
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Eft hē ontende sum hǣðen templ: þā ġewende sē līġ, ðurh þǣs windes blǣd, tō sumes mannes hūse, ðe þǣr ġehende stōd; ac Martinus āstāh on ðām stiċelan hrōfe, and sette hine sylfne onġēan ðām sweġendum līġe, and hē sōna ðrēow ðwyres wið þǣs windes
- Afterwards he set fire to a heathen temple; then through the blowing of the wind, the fire turned to a man's house that stood nearby; but Martinus climbed on the steep roof and set himself against the roaring fire, and he immediately turned it the opposite direction of the wind
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
Declension of sticol — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sticol | sticol | sticol |
| Accusative | sticolne | sticole | sticol |
| Genitive | sticoles | sticolre | sticoles |
| Dative | sticolum | sticolre | sticolum |
| Instrumental | sticole | sticolre | sticole |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sticole | sticola, sticole | sticol |
| Accusative | sticole | sticola, sticole | sticol |
| Genitive | sticolra | sticolra | sticolra |
| Dative | sticolum | sticolum | sticolum |
| Instrumental | sticolum | sticolum | sticolum |
Declension of sticol — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sticola | sticole | sticole |
| Accusative | sticolan | sticolan | sticole |
| Genitive | sticolan | sticolan | sticolan |
| Dative | sticolan | sticolan | sticolan |
| Instrumental | sticolan | sticolan | sticolan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sticolan | sticolan | sticolan |
| Accusative | sticolan | sticolan | sticolan |
| Genitive | sticolra, sticolena | sticolra, sticolena | sticolra, sticolena |
| Dative | sticolum | sticolum | sticolum |
| Instrumental | sticolum | sticolum | sticolum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sticol”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.