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sellan

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of sellar

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *saljaną. Cognate with Old Frisian sella, Old Saxon sellian, Old High German sellen, Old Norse selja, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsel.lɑn/, [ˈseɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb edit

sellan

  1. to give
  2. to give 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 sylfe syllað 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 thus sell themselves for the sake of money,...
  3. to sell

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sellan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of sellar