Ge-sǽlan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-sǽlan

p. de To be successful, succeed :-- Ðam ðe eahtan wile sáwla gehwylcre ðǽr he gesǽlan mæg to him who will persecute every soul if he can manage it, Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 6; Gú. 318. ge-sælan