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stalu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
stalu, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §366; §562;
theft, stealing
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  • Stalu ne lufaþ náne yldinge

    stealing loves not any delay,

      Homl. Th. i. 220, 9.
  • Be stale. Gif hwá stalie,

      L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 14.
  • Gif hwá Godes cyricean brece for stale,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 24; Th. ii. 210, 30: Blickl. Homl. 75, 31.
  • Sum wer wæs betogen ðæt hé wǽre on stale,

      Homl. Skt. i. 21, 265.
  • Se ðe cyricean ǽhte mid stale áfyrde,

      Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 30.
  • Sume stale fremmaþ,

      1, 27; S. 490 9, 5.
  • Of ðære heortan cumaþ stale (stala,

      MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 19: Mk. Skt. 7, 22.
  • Ða heáfodleahtras sind ... leásgewitnyssa, stala,

      Homl. Th. ii. 592, 5.
  • Stala

    furtum,

      Wrt.Voc. ii. 38, 31.
  • Móna se syxteóða nánum þingum nytlíc nymþe stalum,

      Lchdm. iii. 192, 7.
what is stolen
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  • Stalu biþ funden,

      186, 14: 188, 2.
  • Gif hé næbbe, hwæt hé wið ðære stale sylle, sylle man hine wið feó,

      Ex. 22, 3.
  • Gif preóst mycele stale forstele,

      L. Ecg. C. 11; Th. ii. 140, 14.
  • Gif hwylc man medeme þing stele, ágyfe ða stale ðam ðe hig áhte,

      L. Ecg. P. ii. 25; Th. ii. 192, 20: iv. 24; Th. ii. 212, 1.
a fine payable for theft,
    Chart. Th. 138, 17.
See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 329.
anything done by stealth
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  • Ðæt scs Petrus on dæge folce be Criste sǽde, ðonne wrát scs Marcus ðæt on niht, and hé ðæt hæl sce Petre; for ðon his godspell is swá cweden,

    furtum laudabile,

    hergendlíco stalo,
      Shrn. 74, 22.
Etymology
[To cumen bi stale ferliche, O. E. Homl. i. 249, 20. O. H. Ger. stala furtum.]
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v. ge-stalu.
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