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fore-steall

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fore-steall, (for-).
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prevention, hindrance to free progress
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  • Færð fýr ofer eall, ne byð þǽr nán foresteal, ne him man náne mæg miht forwyrnan

    ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis,

    • Dóm. L. 146
    • .
fine for the crime of fore-steall.
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v. for-steal in Dict.
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  • Ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe,. . . and forstealles,

    • Cht. E. 233, 3
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Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forestall; sb.
cf. O. L. Ger. fora-stelli constipatio.
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