stelled

stelled is the simple past and past participle of stell.

Adjective

stelled (not comparable)

(dialectal, obsolete) Firmly placed or fixed.
- 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 firesc. 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...
(obsolete) Starry.

stell (third-person singular simple present stells, present participle stelling, simple past and past participle stelled or stold)

(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
- How he escaped a broken neck in that dreadful place no human being will ever ken. The sweat, he has told me, stood in cold drops upon his forehead; he scarcely was aware of the saddle in which he sat, and his eyes were stelled in his head so that he saw nothing but the sky ayont him.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
(obsolete, transitive) To portray; delineate; display.
- To this well-painted piece is Lucrece come,
  To find a face where all distress is stelled.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, lines 1443–44

From stell (“to set, place, fix”).

What does stelled mean?: Stelled means firmly placed or fixed.
What is stelled the simple past and past participle of?: Stelled is the simple past and past participle of stell.
What part of speech is stelled?: Stelled is an adjective.

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