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Old English · verb

sælan

Normalised sǣlan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈsæː.lɑn/
Syllables
ˈsæː · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
restrainmoorseal

Meaning

  1. to bind (with rope), restrain

    oft earmċeariġ, · ēðle bidǣled, frēomǣgum feor, · feterum sǣlan,

    Like I should my heart, oft wretched, bereft of homeland, far from noble kinsmen, bind with fetters,

    Swā iċ mōdsefan · mīnne sceōlde,

  2. to moor (a boat etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sælan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sǣlesǣlde
2nd singular sǣlestsǣlstsǣldest
3rd singular sǣleþsǣlþsǣlde
Plural sǣlaþsǣldon
Subjunctive
Singular sǣlesǣlde
Plural sǣlensǣlden
Non-finite forms of sælan
Form
Infinitive sǣlan
Inflected infinitive sǣlenne
Imperative singular sǣl
Imperative plural sǣlaþ
Present participle sǣlende
Past participle sǣledġesǣled

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sailijan, from Proto-Germanic *sailijaną.

Descendants

seal

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