fór-steal
- noun [ masculine ]
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Gif hwá forsteal oððon openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oððe cyninges gewyrce
if any one commit an assault or open opposition against the law of Christ or of the king,
- L. Eth. v. 31 ;
- Th. i. 312, 8: vi. 38 ;
- Th. i. 324, 21.
- In L. H. 80, § 2 ;
- Th. i. 586, 2 ,
'Si in via rēgia fiat assultus sŭper ălĭquem, fórestel est.'
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Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on West-Sexan [MS. Wes-Sexan], ðæt is ... fórsteal these are the rights which the king enjoys over all men in Wessex, that is ... the fine for assault, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 14, note 27, MS. G. Switelige ic hér hwæt se eáca is ðe ic ðǽrto ge-unnen hæbbe ... ðæt syndan fórsteallas
I here declare what the augmentation is which I have thereto granted ... that is the fines for assaults,
- Th. Diplm. A.D. 1035 ;
- 333, 32: A.D. 1066 ;
- 411, 32.
- See also Schmid Glos. forsteal.
Bosworth, Joseph. “fór-steal.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11750.
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