stelene

(ˈstiːliːn) or

stelic

adj

related to or resembling a stela or upright commemorative stone slab; columnar

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[...] [and Arthur reads the scene thus:] '[??]urstendaei wes Baldulf cnihten alre baldest; | nu he stant on hulle and Auene bihalde[eth], | hu lige[eth] i [thorn]an straeme stelene fisces; | mid sweorde bigeorede heore sund is awemmed; | heore scalen wleote[eth] swulc gold-fa[??]e sceldes; | [thorn]er fleote[eth] heore spiten swulc hit spaeren weoren.

Arthurian Eco-conquest in Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and La[??]amon

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