Fóre-steall

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fóre-steall

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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fóre-steall
m. [fóre before, steall from stellan to leap] A leaping before, forestalling, rescue; assultus, interceptio :-- Ða Iudéiscan ealdras geornlíce smeádon hú hí Hǽlend Crist acwellan mihton, ondrédon him swá-ðeáh ðæs folces fóresteall the Jewish elders earnestly deliberated how they might slay Jesus Christ, but they dreaded a rescue by the people, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 14.

Related words: fór-steal. fore-steall

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