sellan
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sellan
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From Proto-Germanic *saljaną. Cognate with Old Frisian sella, Old Saxon sellian, Old High German sellen, Old Norse selja, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan).
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sellan
- to give
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 29:19
- Lēofre mē is þæt iċ hīe selle þē þonne ōðrum menn. Wuna mid mē!
- I'd rather give her to you than to someone else. Stay with me!
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 29:19
- 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,...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St.Alban, Martyr"
- to sell
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Conjugation of sellan (weak class 1)
infinitive | sellan | sellenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | selle | sealde |
second person singular | selest | sealdest |
third person singular | seleþ | sealde |
plural | sellaþ | sealdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | selle | sealde |
plural | sellen | sealden |
imperative | ||
singular | sele | |
plural | sellaþ | |
participle | present | past |
sellende | (ġe)seald |
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