Stell vs Stela - What's the difference?
stell | stela |
(transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To set; place; fix.
* 1609 , Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Sonnets :
To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
(archaic) A place; station.
A stall; a fold for cattle.
(Scotland) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.
(archaeology) an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone
*1776 , R. Chandler, Trav. Greece , VIII 35
*:In the courts of the houses lie many round stelæ , or pillars, once placed on the graves of the Athenians.
*1837 , J. G. Wilkinson, Manners & Customs of the Anc. Egyptians , I ii 101
*:He erected a stela , with an inscription in the sacred character, to commemorate his successes.
*1876 , S. Manning, Land of Pharaohs , 203
*:The upright blocks or stelas are among the most curious parts of the present ruin.
*1893 , E. A. T. W. Budge, Mummy , 30
*:Thothmes I. set up two stelæ near the Euphrates.
*1966 , Paul Bowles, Up Above the World
*:A shore excursion had been arranged for the passengers who were interested in visiting the stelae of San Ignacio.
As an adjective stell
is quiet, silent, calm.As a verb stell
is .As a noun stela is
connection (position in a network of profitable acquaintanceships).stell
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stellen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'd Thy beauty's form in table of my heart; [...]