gesellan

Old English[edit]

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ sellan.

ġesellan

to give
to grant or bestow (as by God)
to deliver, hand to
to hand over
(a) to entrust, commit give into the keeping of

(b) to give in marriage

(c) to give up or yield up to a hostile power (with dative and/or preposition)

(d) to betray

(e) to dedicate to God, consecrate
to give in exchange
(a) to sell for (+ wiþ)

(b) to sell at (+ tō)

(c) to sell

(d) to give in payment
to give what may be demanded; to pay tribute, tax, fine or compensation
to give up, surrender, lose
to give forth or put forth words or statements; to make sound
to offer, present, or show for consideration
to assign, appoint
to make have
(a) to cause to receive a benefit or injury

(b) to produce a state or feeling in a person or thing

Conjugation of ġesellan (weak class 1)

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠESELLAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠESELLAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.