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sǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sǽlan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§530; §643;
To happen, betide, fortune (e. g. in Spenser)
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  • Gif hié ærfeweard ne gestriónen, oðða him sylfum ælles hwæt sǽle . . . Gif him elles hwæt sǽleþ,

      Chart. Th. 471, 30-472, 1.

  • Sǽlde unc on þám brocum swá unc gesǽlde (sǽlde, Kmbl.)

    happen what might to us in those troubles,

      485, 23.

  • Hú ðé sǽle

    how it may happen to thee, what your success may be,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2710; An. 1357.
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v. ge-, tó-sǽlan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/26216.

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