gesælan

== Old English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jeˈsæː.lɑn/ === Verb === ġesǣlan to happen, take place, befall late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care Hwæþere mē ġesǣlde þæt ic mid sweorde ofsloh / niceras nigene. ― Anyway, it happened that with my sword I killed nine sea-monsters. (Beowulf, ll. 574-5) ==== Conjugation ====