Participles
| Present | forstelende |
| Past | forstolen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | forstele |
| 2nd sing. | forstilest; forstilst |
| 3rd sing. | forstileþ; forstilþ |
| 1st plur. | forstelaþ |
| 2nd plur. | forstelaþ |
| 3rd plur. | forstelaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | forstæl |
| 2nd sing. | forstǣle |
| 3rd sing. | forstæl |
| 1st plur. | forstǣlon |
| 2nd plur. | forstǣlon |
| 3rd plur. | forstǣlon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | forstele |
| 2nd sing. | forstele |
| 3rd sing. | forstele |
| 1st plur. | forstelen |
| 2nd plur. | forstelen |
| 3rd plur. | forstelen |
Past
| 1st sing. | forstǣle |
| 2nd sing. | forstǣle |
| 3rd sing. | forstǣle |
| 1st plur. | forstǣlen |
| 2nd plur. | forstǣlen |
| 3rd plur. | forstǣlen |
Imperative
| Singular | forstel |
| Plural | forstelaþ |
Verbs similar to 'forstelan'
forswelan,
forhelan,
forsecan,
forsellan,
forslean,
forswælan,
forswelgan,
forsweltan,
bestelan,
forberan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- + stelan. Cognate with Old Saxon farstelan, Old High German firstelan. See: Old High German 'firstelan'.
Verbs referencing "forstelan"
English
forsteal.
Sample Sentences
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 28:13 (Say that his disciples came at night and stole him away while we were asleep.)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:19 (Don't hoard yourself treasures on Earth, where moths and rust will destroy it and thieves will dig it up and steal it.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 21:16 (Whoever kidnaps someone and sells them will be put to death.)
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late 7th century, Law of Hlothhere and Eadric
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Ġif friġ mann mannan forstele, ġif hē eft cume melda, seċġe on andweardne. (If a free person kidnaps someone, and the victim returns as an informer, they must make the accusation in the presence of the accused.)
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c. 935, King Æthelstan's sixth law code
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Wē cwǣdon be ūrum þēowum mannum þā menn þe menn hæfdon: ġif hine man forstele, þæt hine man forgulde mid healfum punde. (Those of us who own slaves have declared: if anyone kidnaps a slave, the kidnapper must pay for the slave with half a pound.)
Cognates
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