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fóre-steall

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fóre-steall, es; m. [fóre before, steall from stellan to leap]
A leaping before, forestalling, rescue; assultus, interceptio
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  • Ða Iudéiscan ealdras geornlíce smeádon hú hí Hǽlend Crist acwellan mihton, ondrédon him swá-ðeáh ðæs folces fóresteall

    the Jewish elders earnestly deliberated how they might slay Jesus Christ, but they dreaded a rescue by the people,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 242, 14.
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v. fór-steal.
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