sellen

== Asturian == === Verb === sellen third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of sellar == Middle English == === Alternative forms === sel, selle, sellyn, sillen, sille, syllen seollen, sullan (Early Middle English); sellenn (Ormulum); cellyn (Promptorium Parvulorum) zelle (Kent); sulle, sullen, suylle (Southwest Midland); seolle (West Midland) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English sellan, from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną (“to give”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛlən/, /ˈsilən/ (Southern, Southwest Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈzylən/, /ˈsylən/ === Verb === sellen (third-person singular simple present selleth, present participle sellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative solde, past participle sold) To grant; to confer or bestow: To gift; to give or confer a present. To serve or administer; to give comestibles. To sacrifice or hand over (one's life) To sell; to make a sale or transaction: To market; to put up for sale. To sell into slavery; to enslave for money. (usually negative) To give up in exchange (outside of an explicit transaction). (religion) To sell one's soul; to consign one's soul to Hell. (figuratively) To weaken, adulterate or lose (in exchange) To betray; to give up or hand over (usually a person) To get revenge (for a transgression or wrong). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sellere ==== Descendants ==== English: sell → Dutch: sellen Scots: sell ==== References ==== “sellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną. Compare Old Saxon sellian, Old Dutch sellen, Old English sellan, Old Norse selja, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan). === Verb === sellen to give, to hand over to betray ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: sellen == Spanish == === Verb === sellen inflection of sellar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative