"gesælan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /jeˈsæː.lɑn/
Head templates: {{ang-verb|ġesǣlan}} ġesǣlan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ġesǣlan<w1>}} Forms: ġesǣlan [canonical], weak [table-tags], ġesǣlan [infinitive], ġesǣlenne [infinitive], ġesǣle [first-person, present, singular], ġesǣlde [first-person, past, singular], ġesǣlest [present, second-person, singular], ġesǣlst [present, second-person, singular], ġesǣldest [past, second-person, singular], ġesǣleþ [present, singular, third-person], ġesǣlþ [present, singular, third-person], ġesǣlde [past, singular, third-person], ġesǣlaþ [plural, present], ġesǣldon [past, plural], ġesǣle [present, singular], ġesǣlde [past, singular], ġesǣlen [plural, present], ġesǣlden [past, plural], ġesǣl [imperative, past, present, singular], ġesǣlaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ġesǣlende [imperative, present], ġesǣled [imperative, past]
  1. to happen, take place, befall
    Sense id: en-gesælan-ang-verb-1LpKVfbk Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ġesǣlest",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣlst",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣlaþ",
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      "form": "ġesǣldon",
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      "form": "ġesǣle",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣlde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ġesǣlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "ġesǣlende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
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      "args": {
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  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "It can easily happen that, if we tell them such things, they will also join us in blaming the others, and afterwards be ashamed of themselves, remembering that they do the same that they blamed in the others.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nAc hit mæġ ēaðe ġesǣlan, ġif wē him swelc secgað, ðæt hīe ēac mid ūs ðā ōðre tǣlen, and hīe ðonne eft hira selfra ġescamiġe, ðonne hīe ġemunað ðæt hīe ðæt ilce dōð ðæt hīe on ðǣm ōðrum tǣldon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Anyway, it happened that with my sword I killed nine sea-monsters. (Beowulf, ll. 574-5)",
          "text": "Hwæþere mē ġesǣlde þæt ic mid sweorde ofsloh / niceras nigene.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to happen, take place, befall"
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      "links": [
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          "happen",
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          "take place",
          "take place"
        ],
        [
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          "befall"
        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈsæː.lɑn/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      ]
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    {
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        "present"
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      "form": "ġesǣldon",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ġesǣlde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ġesǣlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣlden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣlaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣlende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesǣled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It can easily happen that, if we tell them such things, they will also join us in blaming the others, and afterwards be ashamed of themselves, remembering that they do the same that they blamed in the others.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nAc hit mæġ ēaðe ġesǣlan, ġif wē him swelc secgað, ðæt hīe ēac mid ūs ðā ōðre tǣlen, and hīe ðonne eft hira selfra ġescamiġe, ðonne hīe ġemunað ðæt hīe ðæt ilce dōð ðæt hīe on ðǣm ōðrum tǣldon.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "Anyway, it happened that with my sword I killed nine sea-monsters. (Beowulf, ll. 574-5)",
          "text": "Hwæþere mē ġesǣlde þæt ic mid sweorde ofsloh / niceras nigene.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to happen, take place, befall"
      ],
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          "happen",
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          "take place",
          "take place"
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        [
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈsæː.lɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gesælan"
}

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