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Old English · verb

bestelan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class IV
IPA: /beˈste.lɑn/
Syllables: be · ˈste · lɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: besteal secretly stealthily

Meaning

to steal away or upon
to go stealthily, secretly

Conjugation

Conjugation of bestelan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	bestele	bestæl
2nd singular	bestilest bestilst	bestǣle
3rd singular	bestileþ bestilþ	bestæl
Plural	bestelaþ	bestǣlon
Subjunctive
Singular	bestele	bestǣle
Plural	bestelen	bestǣlen

Non-finite forms of bestelan
	Form
Infinitive	bestelan
Inflected infinitive	bestelenne
Imperative singular	bestel
Imperative plural	bestelaþ
Present participle	bestelende
Past participle	bestolen

All forms (16)

bestele
bestæl
bestilest
bestilst
bestǣle
bestileþ
bestilþ
bestelaþ
bestǣlon
bestelen
bestǣlen
bestelan
bestelenne
bestel
bestelende
bestolen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bistelaną. Equivalent to be- + stelan.

Descendants

besteal

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