Be-stǽlan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-stǽlan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

be-stǽlan
p. de To lay a charge of crime on a person, to convict a person (on with dat. ) of crime :-- þæt mé nǽfre deófel náht on ne mæge bestǽlan æt mínum endedæge, Angl. xi. 101, 53. þæt se deófol eów náge náht on tó bestélenne ungeandettes, Wlfst. 135, 31. Sé þe frióne forstele, and lé hine bebycgge, and hit hym on bestǽled, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, Ll. Th. i. 48, 6.

Related words: stǽlan. be-stælan

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