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ge-sǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-sǽlan, hit -sǽleþ, -sǽlþ; p. de; pp. ed [sǽl an occasion]
To happen, come to pass, befall; accĭdĕre, evĕnīre
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  • Hú gesǽleþ ðæt

    how doth that happen?

    • Salm. Kmbl. 698
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    • Sal. 348
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 1021
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    • An. 511: 1029
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    • An. 515
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  • Gif hit ǽfre gesǽlþ, ðæt ...

    if it ever happen that...,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 43
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    • Met. 13, 22
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    • Th. Ch. 472, 4
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    • 166, 20
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  • Me gesǽlde ðæt is mid sweorde ofslóh niceras nigene

    it befell me that I slew with my sword nine monsters,

    • Beo.Th. 1152
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    • B. 574: 1784
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    • B. 890: 2504
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    • B. 1250
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  • Ðeáh eów nú gesǽle, ðæt ...

    though it now happen to you that...,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 10, 47
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    • Met. 10, 24
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  • Uncúþ hú him æt ǽhtum gesǽle

    it is unknown how it may befall him in the matter of property,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 20
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sǽlan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15788.

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