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of a person, to succeed in a purpose, bring about something.
Take here ge-sǽlan to be successful (in Dict. ).
of a concrete thing,
to be brought about, be made, come into existence
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  • Hi wénað ꝥ ꝥ ealdgesceaft ǽfre ne wǽre, ac wénað ꝥ hit weás cóme, níwan gesǽlde (cf. wénaþ ꝥ ꝥ ne sié eald gesceaft, ac sié weás geworden níwane,

      Bt. 39, 3 ; F. 216, 4), Met. 28, 73.
of non-material things, events, circumstances, &c.
the subject a noun,
to befall, happen, come to pass
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  • Siððan him gesǽlde sigorworca hréð,

      Exod. 316.

  • Swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde, B. 1250. (l a) a pronoun representing a preceding circumstance :-- Þæt ne geweorðe ꝥ þyllic gýmelést gelimpe. Sý georne bewarnod þæt hit ná ne gesǽle (proveniat). Gif hit gelimpe

    (contigerit),

      R. Ben. 36, 6.
the circumstance, &c. , given in a following clause,
to happen that.
the subject a pronoun in apposition to the clause
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  • Oft þæt gesǽleð, þæt wé brecað ofer bæðweg,

      An. 511.

  • Gif þæt geséle, þæt mín cynn gewíte,

      Cht. Th. 472, 4.
the subject a more or less indefinite hit: —
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  • Hit oft gesǽleð. ꝥ

      Nar. 7, 25.

  • Hit gesǽlde (cf. hit gebyrede, Bt. 38,1 ; F. 194, 2)gió on sume tide, þæt Aulixes hæfde cynerícu twá,

      Met. 26, 4 : 9, 23.

  • Hit mæg eáðe gesǽlan, ðæt hié ðá óðre tǽlen,

      Past. 333, 20 : 427, 24.
the subject not expressed
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  • Swá gesǽlde þæt wé wada cunnedon,

      An. 438: 661.
referring to the course of events.
the subject the indefinite
hit = matters, things
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  • Gif hit þonne hwæt elles gesélde

    if then matters turned out somewhat differently,

      Cht. Th. 166, 20.
the subject not expressed
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  • Hwílum us on ýðum earfoðlíce gesǽleð

    at times things go hard with us at sea,

      An. 515.
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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/49453.

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