sellan

\sellan ¹ irreg wv/t1b 3^rd pres selþ past sealde ptp geseald (w.d. person and w.a. thing) to give something (acc) to somebody (dat); 1. of voluntary giving, to put into the possession of a person, transfer ownership from one to another, appoint, allot; 2. to give what one is bound to give, to pay tribute, offer, dedicate to God; selle mé þín forme bearn offer me thy first child; 3. to give, lend, furnish or supply with food, medicine, poison, etc.; híe him sealdon átor drincan they supplied them with poison to drink; 3a. with infinitive instead of accusative; hwílum ic déorum drincan selle at times I give animals to drink; 4. to give one thing for another; (a) to sell for (wiþ) a price; héo ne sealde þás sealfe wiþ þrim hundred peningum she didn't sell this salve for 300 pennies; (b) to sell at (tó) a price; sélre is þæt wé hine sellaþ tó céape Ismahélitum it is better that we sell it at a price to the Ishmaelites; (c) to sell; hé selþ eall þæt hé ág he sells all that he owns; þá sellendan the sellers; (d) to give in payment; hé sealde his þone réadan gimm, þæt wæs his þæt hálige blód, mid þǽm hé ús gedyde dǽlnimende þæs heofonlican ríces he gave his red gem in payment, that was his holy blood, with which he made us partakers of the heavenly kingdom; 5. (a) to give into the keeping of, hand over, deliver, commit, entrust; hé sealde his sweord ambihtþegne he entrusted his sword to an attendant; (b) to give a woman to be a man's wife; gif se fæder híe him sellan nelle if the father doesn't want to give her to him for a wife; (c) to give over to a hostile power, deliver up to; (1) w.dative; ne sele sáwla déorum; (2) without dative; ne sele mec mid þǽm synnfullum don't give me over to the sinful; (3) with prepositions; ne sele tó þǽra módes willan; ne sele þu mé in wíta forwyrd; (4) with dative and prepositions; Dryhten him sealde þá burg on his handa; (d) with a bad sense, to deliver wrongfully, surrender, give up, to betray (colloquial to sell a person); mannes sunu þu mid cosse selst thou betrayest the Son of Man with a kiss; 6. to give up, yield up; 7. to give forth, produce, be the source of; ne seleþ þé wæstmas eorþe eard is not the source of fruits for thee; 7a. to give light, emit sound; 8. where the object is immaterial, (a) to give an answer, a pledge, a promise, etc., promise; se Hǽlend ne sealde him nán andsware the Lord gave him no answer; áþ \sellan to make oath, swear; where the object is expressed by a clause; ic selle, þæt ge sculon finden I give that ye shall find; (b) to give leave, consent, forgiveness, etc.; þissum wordum sealde óðer ealdormann geþafunge with these words the other elder gave permission; (c) to give help, pain, peace, victory, etc.; where the object is expressed by a clause; (d) to give punishment, reward; (e) to give, endow with a capacity, life, sight, understanding, etc.; with the gerund; þonne him fréa selle tó ongietenne; (f) to give one's heart to a person; nemne ic Gode selle híersumne hyge unless I give God an obedient mind;