sellan
- third-personpluralpresentsubjunctive ofsellar
FromProto-Germanic*saljaną. Cognate withOld Frisiansella,Old Saxonsellian,Old High Germansellen,Old Norseselja,Gothic𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽(saljan).
- IPA(key): /ˈsel.lɑn/,[ˈseɫ.ɫɑn]
sellan
- togive
- Leech Book,Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiii.
Rǣd bið ġif hē nimð mealan mid hire cīþum, sēoþe on wætere,sele drincan.- It is advisable if he taketh mallow with its sprouts; let him seethe them in water,give this to be drunk
- late 9th century,King Alfred'stranslation ofSaint Augustine'sSoliloquies
Ġef ðē þurh trēowa findon þā ðe þē findon,sile mē þā trēowa.- If it is by faith that they find Thee who do find Thee,give me that faith.
- late 10th century,Ælfric,the Old English Hexateuch,Genesis 29:19
Lēofre mē is þæt iċ hīeselle þē þonne ōðrum menn. Wuna mid mē!- I'd rathergive her to you than to someone else. Stay with me!
- togive up for money;betray
- late 10th century,Ælfric,"Passion of St.Alban, Martyr"
Eall swa þa unriht-wisan deman þe heora domas awendað, æfre be þam sceattum na be soðfæstnysse and habbað æfre to cepe heora soðfæstnysse, and swa hi sylfesyllað wið sceattum...- So likewise those unrighteous judges who pervert their judgments, always for gain, and not for justice, and always offer their justice for sale, and thussell themselves for the sake of money,...
- tosell
sellan
- third-personpluralpresentindicative ofsellar
