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for-stelan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-stelan, he -steleþ, -stelþ, -stylþ, pl. -stelaþ; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; pp. -stolen
To steal with violence, rob, deprive; fūrāri, surrĭpĕre, prīvāre
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  • Sécende forstelan sáwla

    quærens fūrāri anĭmas,

    • Ps. Lamb. fol. 142, 8.
  • Gif ceorl ceáp forstelþ [-stylþ MS. B; -steleþ MS. H.]

    if a churl steal property,

    • L. In. 57
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    • Th. i. 138, 15: L. Alf. 15
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    • Th. i. 48, 5, MS. H.
  • Gif hwá befæst his feoh to hyrdnysse and hit man forstylþ ðam, ðe hit underféhþ, gif man ðone þeóf finde, gilde be twífealdon

    si quis commendāvērit amīco pĕcūniam in custōdiam et ab eo, qui suscēpĕrat, furto ablāta fuĕrit, si invĕnītur fur, duplum reddet,

    • Ex. 22, 7.
  • Ðǽr þeófas hit delfaþ and forstelaþ

    ubi fūres effŏdiunt et fūrantur,

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 19, 20.
  • Ǽr he ætbræd me míne frumcennedan and nú óðre síþe forstæl míne bletsunga

    prīmogĕnĭta mea ante tŭlit et nunc sĕcundo surrĭpuit benedictiōnem meam,

    • Gen. 27, 36.
  • Secgeaþ, ðæt hys leorningcnihtas forstǽlon hyne

    dīcĭte, quia discĭpŭli fūrāti sunt eum,

    • Mt. Bos. 28, 13.
  • Gif frigman mannan forstele

    if a freeman steal a man,

    • L. H. E. 5
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    • Th. i. 28, 10: 7
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    • Th. i. 30, 7: L. In. 46
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    • Th. i. 130, 12.
  • Gif hine man forstǽle

    if any one should steal him,

    • L. Ath. v. § 6, § 3
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    • Th. i. 234, 4: L. Alf. 15
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    • Th. i. 48, 5.
  • Iacob niste, ðæt Rachel hæfde ða andlícnyssa forstolen

    Iacob ignōrābat, quod Rachel fūrāta esset idōla,

    • Gen. 31, 32: Exon. 92 a
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    • Th. 345, 18
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    • Gn. Ex. 190.
  • Ferhþe forstolen

    deprived of life,

    • Cd. 76
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    • Th. 95, 15
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    • Gen. 1579.
  • Gif mon forstolenne ceáp beféhþ

    if a man attach stolen cattle,

    • L. In. 47
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    • Th. i. 132, 4: 75
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    • Th. i. 150, 5.
  • Be forstolenes ceápes forefonge

    of the rescuing of stolen property,

    • 75
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    • Th. i. 150, 4.
  • Be forstolenum flǽsce

    of stolen flesh,

    • 17
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    • Th. i. 114, 1.
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