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# stealeth

verb, old form of «steals» (he, she, it)

«stealeth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«stealeth» means «steals», a form of «steal»: To take something that belongs to someone else without permission and without meaning to give it back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stealeth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he stealeth» = «he steals».

### Examples

- And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. (Torah EXO.21.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stealeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: steals.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stealeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stealeth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stealeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/stealeth.html) on Mova free.