Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (1)
1. to give; to grant; 2. to give up; to yield; 3. to sell (also seallan, sillan, siellan, syllan)
Etymology
[Mod E SELL ← Prot-Germ *saljan; Goth saljan “to sacrifice; to offer”; O Fris sella; O Sax sellian; OHG sellen; Icel selja ← Indo-Europ *sel-; cf Anc Gr ἐλεῖν “to take, gain”; O Ir selb n “possession, ownership”, selbaid v “to possess”; O Slav сълати “to send” (Russ слать)]
Paradigm
4.2.1 (a)
(a) with a short root vowel
I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to plough | erian | erede |
to perform, commit | fremman | fremede |
(b) with a long root vowel
I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to feed | fédan | fédde |
to keep, observe | cépan | cépte |
to send | sendan | sende |
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