foresteall
Old English
noun
Definitions
- intervention
- (judicial) a hindrance, obstacle
- ambush, assault; an offense of waylaying on the highway or the penalty or fine for such an offense
- opposition, resistance
Etymology
Prefix from Old English steall (position, stall, standing place, place, location).
Origin
Old English
steall
Gloss
position, stall, standing place, place, location
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forestall English
- *stallaz Proto-Germanic
- ciricsteall Old English
- hamsteall Old English
- onsteall Old English
- steall Old English
- weardsteall Old English
- weohsteall Old English
- ætsteall Old English
- forestallen Middle English
- stall Middle English