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be-stelan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-stelan, bi-stelan ; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; subj. p. -stǽle, pl. -stǽlen; pp. -stolen
To steal away or upon; fugere, obrepere
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  • Gif hwá on óðre scíre hine bestele

    if any one steal himself away into another shire,

      L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10.
  • Bestelan on Theodosius hindan

    to steal upon Theodosius behind,

      Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 25.
  • Hannibal bestæl on Marcellus

    Hannibal stole upon Marcellus,

      Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 94, 19 : Past. 28, 6; Hat. MS. 38 a, 6.
  • Ðá he nihtes on ungearwe hí on bestæl, and hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde

    then he stole upon them unawares by night, and grievously slew and destroyed them,

      Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 33.
  • Hí nihtes bestǽlon ðære fyrde

    they stole upon the army by night,

      Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 13.
  • Ðý-læs he on niht onweg fluge and bestǽle

    lest he should have fled and stole away by night,

      Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 11.
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v.  bi-stelan.
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