gesellan

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ sellan.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈsel.lɑn/, [jeˈseɫ.ɫɑn]

ġesellan

1. to give
2. to grant or bestow (as by God)
3. to deliver, hand to
4. to hand over

   (a) to entrust, commit give into the keeping of

   (b) to give in marriage

   (c) to give up or yield up to a hostile power (with dative and/or preposition)

   (d) to betray

   (e) to dedicate to God, consecrate

5. to give in exchange

   (a) to sell for (+ wiþ)

   (b) to sell at (+ tō)

   (c) to sell

   (d) to give in payment

6. to give what may be demanded; to pay tribute, tax, fine or compensation
   • Laws of King Ine

     Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.

     If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.

7. to give up, surrender, lose
8. to give forth or put forth words or statements; to make sound
9. to offer, present, or show for consideration
10. to assign, appoint
11. to make have

    (a) to cause to receive a benefit or injury

    (b) to produce a state or feeling in a person or thing

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠESELLAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠESELLAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.