Stelan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - stelan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

stelan
p. stæl, pl. stǽlon; pp. stolen To steal (with dat. of person from whom) :-- Stilith conpilat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 33. Stiled, 15, 32. Gif frigman fréum stelþ, L. Ethb. 9; Th. i. 6, 2. Se ðeo steoþ on ðone dæg, ne geáhsaþ hit manna, Lchdm. iii. 178, 5. Stæl conpilabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 32. Wénst ðú, ðæt wé ðínes hláfordes gold stǽlon, Gen. 44, 8. Ne stel ðú, Ex. 20, 15: Mt. Kmbl. 19, 18. Ic stele furer, Kent. Gl. 1081. Þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele fur non uenit nisi ut furetur, Jn. Skt. 10, 10. Gif frigman cyninge stele, L. Ethb. 4; Th. i. 4, 3. [Goth. stilan: O. Sax. O. H. Ger. stelan: O. Frs. Icel. stela.]

Related words: be-, for-, ge-stelan; þeóf-stolen; stalian. stelan

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