weallstaðel

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English wealhstod, with the second element influenced by staþol.

Noun[edit]

weallstaðel

  1. (Early Middle English) translator, interpreter
    • Early English Homilies: From the Twelfth Century Ms. Vesp. D. XIV
      He is se fyremeste weallstaðel betwux Ebreiscen, Grecan, Ledenwaren
      He is the foremost translator between Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans.

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