Ge-sǽlan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-sǽlan

Add: I. of a person, to succeed in a purpose, bring about something. Take here ge-sǽlan to be successful (in Dict. ). II. of a concrete thing, to be brought about, be made, come into existence :-- Hi wénað ILLEGIBLE ealdgesceaft ǽfre ne wǽre, ac wénað ji hit weás cóme, níwan gesǽlde (cf. wénaþ -þ f ne sié eald gesceaft, ac sié weás geworden níwane, Bt- ILLEGIBLE F- 216, 4), Met. 28, 73. III. of non-material things, events, circumstances, & c. (1) the subject a noun, to befall, happen, come to pass :-- Siððan him gesǽlde sigorworca hréð, Exod. 316. Swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde, B. 1250. (l a) a pronoun representing a preceding circumstance :-- Þæt ne geweorðe H þyllic gýmelést gelimpe. Sý georne bewarnod þæt hit ná ne gesǽle (proveniat). Gif hit gelimpe (contigerit), R. Ben. 36, 6. (2) the circumstance, & c. , given in a following clause, to happen that, (a) the subject a pronoun in apposition to the clause:-- Oft þæt gesǽleð, þæt wé brecað ofer bæðweg, An. 511. Gif þæt gesgle, þæt mín cynn gewíte, Cht. Th. 472, 4. (b) the subject a more or less indefinite hit: -- Hit oft gesǽleð. ILLEGIBLE , Nar. 7, 25. Hit gesǽlde (cf. hit gebyrede , Bt. 38,1 ; F. 194, 2) gió on sume tide, þæt Aulixes hæfde cynerlcu twá, Met. 26, 4 : 9, 23. Hit mæg eáðe gesǽlan, ðæt hié ðá ððre tǽlen, Past. 333, 20 : 4271 24. (c) the subject not expressed :-- Swá gesǽlde þæt wé wada cunnedon, An. 438: 661. IV. referring to the course of events. (1) the subject the indefinite hit = matters, things :-- Gif hit bonne hwæt elles gesélde if then matters turned out somewhat differently, Cht. Th. 166, 20. (2) the subject not expressed :-- Hwílum us on ýclum earfoðlíce gesǽleð at times things go hard with us at sea, An. 515. ge-sælan