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Substitute for meanings: To steal away, and add:
of criminal theft,
to take the property of another
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  • Ðér ðeáfas forstealas,

      Mt. L. 6, 19.
  • Forstæl conpillat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 8:

    subripuit,

      87, 19.
  • Se ceorl forstæl ǽnne oxan

    furatus est uir bouem,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 146, 13.
  • Se fruma wæs ꝥ mon forstæl ǽnne wímman Ælfsige

    the beginning was that a woman was stolen from Ælfsige,

      Cht. Th. 206, 19.
  • Þú hit ná hú elles begitan ne miht búton þú hit forstele oððe gereáfige eripies habenti, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 8. ꝥ ðú ne forstele

    ne fureris,

      Mk. L. 10, 19.
  • Gif hwá forstele esne oððe mannan, fæste .ii. winter,

      Ll. Th. ii. 140, 37.
  • Þa ofdrifenan oððe þá forstolenan depeculata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 59. I a. with cognate acc. (or dat.) :-- Gif preóst mycele stale forstele

    si presbyter furtum magnum commiserit,

      Ll. Th. ii. 140, 14.
  • Gif man mycelre þýfðe forstele, feoðerfót neát ... forgylde hé ꝥ hé forstolen hæbbe ... Gif máran stalan forstele si homo magnum quid furatus fuerit, animal quadrupes ... quod furatus fuerit reddat ...

    Si majus aliquid furatus fuerit,

    33-36.
to obtain surreptitiously, take away without the knowledge of another. [Cf. Ger. ver-stohlen.]
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  • Heó creáp bæftan þám Hǽlende, and forstæl hire hǽlu,

      Hml. Th. ii. 394, 12.
  • Hú Bonefatius forstæl þone hwǽte his méder,

      Gr. D. 67, 21.
  • Secgað ꝥ his þegnas gereáfodan his líc on ús and forstǽlan,

      Bl. H. 177, 30.
  • Heó hét dearnunga faran tó þám scipe and forstelon þá líc,

      Hml. S. 29, 328.
Etymology
[O. Sax. far-stelan: O. H. Ger. fer-stelan furare.]
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