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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.  be-stæl be-stolen bi-stelan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-stelan.” 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/3989.

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