"steelen" meaning in English

See steelen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English stelen, from Old English stīelen (“made of steel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stahlīn. By surface analysis, steel + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stelen}} Middle English stelen, {{inh|en|ang|stīelen|t=made of steel}} Old English stīelen (“made of steel”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stahlīn}} Proto-West Germanic *stahlīn, {{surf|+suf|en|steel|-en}} By surface analysis, steel + -en Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} steelen (not comparable)
  1. (literary, literally or figuratively) Made of steel. Tags: figuratively, literally, literary, not-comparable Related terms: steely
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