Ge-sǽlan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-sǽlan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
hit -sǽleþ -sǽlþ;
- ge-sǽlan
- p. de; pp. ed [sǽl an occasion] To happen, come to pass, befall; accĭdĕre, evĕnīre :-- Hú gesǽleþ ðæt how doth that happen? Salm. Kmbl. 698; Sal. 348: Andr. Kmbl. 1021; An. 511: 1029; An. 515. Gif hit ǽfre gesǽlþ, ðæt ... if it ever happen that ..., Bt. Met. Fox 13, 43; Met. 13, 22: Th. Ch. 472, 4: 166, 20. Me gesǽlde ðæt is mid sweorde ofslóh niceras nigene it befell me that I slew with my sword nine monsters, Beo.Th. 1152; B. 574: 1784; B. 890: 2504; B. 1250. Ðeáh eów nú gesǽle, ðæt ... though it now happen to you that ..., Bt. Met. Fox 10, 47; Met. 10, 24. Uncúþ hú him æt ǽhtum gesǽle it is unknown how it may befall him in the matter of property, Pro