"forstelan" meaning in Old English

See forstelan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /forˈste.lɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- + stelan. Cognate with Old Saxon farstelan, Old High German firstelan. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*frastelaną||to steal, steal away}} Proto-Germanic *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), {{prefix|ang|for|stelan}} for- + stelan, {{cog|osx|farstelan}} Old Saxon farstelan, {{cog|goh|firstelan}} Old High German firstelan Head templates: {{ang-verb|forstelan}} forstelan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|forstelan<s4>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], forstelan [infinitive], forstelenne [infinitive], forstele [first-person, present, singular], forstæl [first-person, past, singular], forstilest [present, second-person, singular], forstilst [present, second-person, singular], forstǣle [past, second-person, singular], forstileþ [present, singular, third-person], forstilþ [present, singular, third-person], forstæl [past, singular, third-person], forstelaþ [plural, present], forstǣlon [past, plural], forstele [present, singular], forstǣle [past, singular], forstelen [plural, present], forstǣlen [past, plural], forstel [imperative, past, present, singular], forstelaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], forstelende [imperative, present], forstolen [imperative, past]
  1. (intensive) to steal Tags: emphatic
    Sense id: en-forstelan-ang-verb-6exYWwd2
  2. to kidnap
    Sense id: en-forstelan-ang-verb-xZJyQBEb Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with for-: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: manþēof

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "forstelen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: forstelen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: forstelen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "forsteal"
          },
          "expansion": "English: forsteal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: forsteal"
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to steal, steal away"
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        "3": "stelan"
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      "name": "prefix"
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        "2": "farstelan"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "firstelan"
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      "expansion": "Old High German firstelan",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- + stelan. Cognate with Old Saxon farstelan, Old High German firstelan.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "4",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstele",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstæl",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstilest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstilst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstǣle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstileþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstilþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstæl",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstǣlon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstǣle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstǣlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstolen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
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    }
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        "1": "forstelan<s4>"
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    }
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "manþēof"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Say that his disciples came at night and stole him away while we were asleep.",
          "roman": "Seċġaþ þæt his leornungcneohtas cōmen nihtes and forstǣlen hine þā wē slēpen.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 28:13",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't hoard yourself treasures on Earth, where moths and rust will destroy it and thieves will dig it up and steal it.",
          "roman": "Nellen ġē goldhordian ēow goldhord on eorðan, þǣr ōm and moþþe hit fornimþ and þǣr þēofas hit delfaþ and forstelaþ.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:19",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to steal"
      ],
      "id": "en-forstelan-ang-verb-6exYWwd2",
      "links": [
        [
          "steal",
          "steal"
        ]
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        "(intensive) to steal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "emphatic"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Whoever kidnaps someone and sells them will be put to death.",
          "roman": "Sē þe mann forstele and hine ġeselle, swelte hē dēaðe.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 21:16",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If a free person kidnaps someone, and the victim returns as an informer, they must make the accusation in the presence of the accused.",
          "text": "late 7th century, Law of Hlothhere and Eadric\nĠif friġ mann mannan forstele, ġif hē eft cume melda, seċġe on andweardne.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Those of us who own slaves have declared: if anyone kidnaps a slave, the kidnapper must pay for the slave with half a pound.",
          "text": "c. 935, King Æthelstan's sixth law code\nWē cwǣdon be ūrum þēowum mannum þā menn þe menn hæfdon: ġif hine man forstele, þæt hine man forgulde mid healfum punde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kidnap"
      ],
      "id": "en-forstelan-ang-verb-xZJyQBEb",
      "links": [
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          "kidnap",
          "kidnap"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/forˈste.lɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forstelan"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms prefixed with for-",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "forstelenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forstele",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstæl",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstilest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstilst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forstǣle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forstileþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstilþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstæl",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstǣlon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstǣle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstǣlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstelende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstolen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "forstelan"
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      "expansion": "forstelan",
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "manþēof"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Say that his disciples came at night and stole him away while we were asleep.",
          "roman": "Seċġaþ þæt his leornungcneohtas cōmen nihtes and forstǣlen hine þā wē slēpen.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 28:13",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't hoard yourself treasures on Earth, where moths and rust will destroy it and thieves will dig it up and steal it.",
          "roman": "Nellen ġē goldhordian ēow goldhord on eorðan, þǣr ōm and moþþe hit fornimþ and þǣr þēofas hit delfaþ and forstelaþ.",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:19",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to steal"
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          "steal",
          "steal"
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        "(intensive) to steal"
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whoever kidnaps someone and sells them will be put to death.",
          "roman": "Sē þe mann forstele and hine ġeselle, swelte hē dēaðe.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 21:16",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If a free person kidnaps someone, and the victim returns as an informer, they must make the accusation in the presence of the accused.",
          "text": "late 7th century, Law of Hlothhere and Eadric\nĠif friġ mann mannan forstele, ġif hē eft cume melda, seċġe on andweardne.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Those of us who own slaves have declared: if anyone kidnaps a slave, the kidnapper must pay for the slave with half a pound.",
          "text": "c. 935, King Æthelstan's sixth law code\nWē cwǣdon be ūrum þēowum mannum þā menn þe menn hæfdon: ġif hine man forstele, þæt hine man forgulde mid healfum punde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kidnap"
      ],
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        [
          "kidnap",
          "kidnap"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/forˈste.lɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forstelan"
}

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