Noun: gesteal
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ġesteal |
| Plural | ġesteal |
Genitive
| Singular | ġesteales |
| Plural | ġesteala |
Dative
| Singular | ġesteale |
| Plural | ġestealum |
Accusative
| Singular | ġesteal |
| Plural | ġesteal |
Sample Sentences
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Hēr bið feoh lǣne, · hēr bið frēond lǣne,
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hēr bið mon lǣne, · hēr bið mǣġ lǣne;
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eal þis eorþan ġesteal · īdel weorþeð! (Here money is fleeting, here friend is fleeting,
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here man is fleeting, here kinsman is fleeting;
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All this foundation of the Earth will be empty!) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Nouns inflected like gesteal
gefeoht,
gebeorc,
gebland,
gedwild,
gedreag,
gewrixl,
gewealc,
geweald,
geweorc,
gewield,
gesteal,
geswinc,
gearn,
gield,
giedd,
gedwimor,
gebann,
gebind,
gecwed,
gedelf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From ġe- + steall. Akin to German Gestell, Middle High German gestelle, Old High German gistelli. See: German Nouns '
Gestell'.
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