For-stalian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-stalian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- for-stalian
- p. ede; pp. ed [stalian to steal] To steal away; aufŭgĕre :-- Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie if a penal slave steal himself away, L. In. 24; Th. i. 118, 6. Gif he hine forstalede if he should have stolen himself away, L. Ath.