steel

Definition

An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

Etymology

From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli, German Stahl, Dutch staal.

Example Sentences

• "Ocearium stæli."
• "Accearium steeli."
• "Þe alle þine leomen wule to-draȝen. þeh þu weore stel al."