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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.
Grammar
for-stelan, with cognate acc. (or dat.)
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  • 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 .
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/45982.

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