forstelan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- +‎ stelan. Cognate with Old Saxon farstelan, Old High German firstelan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /forˈste.lɑn/ === Verb === forstelan (intensive) to steal c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 28:13 c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:19 to kidnap late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 21:16 late 7th century, Law of Hlothhere and Eadric c. 935, King Æthelstan's sixth law code ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: forstelen English: forsteal ==== See also ==== manþēof