Participles
| Present | sǣlende |
| Past | (ġe)sǣled |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sǣle |
| 2nd sing. | sǣlest; sǣlst |
| 3rd sing. | sǣleþ; sǣlþ |
| 1st plur. | sǣlaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sǣlaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sǣlaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sǣlde |
| 2nd sing. | sǣldest |
| 3rd sing. | sǣlde |
| 1st plur. | sǣldon |
| 2nd plur. | sǣldon |
| 3rd plur. | sǣldon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sǣle |
| 2nd sing. | sǣle |
| 3rd sing. | sǣle |
| 1st plur. | sǣlen |
| 2nd plur. | sǣlen |
| 3rd plur. | sǣlen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sǣlde |
| 2nd sing. | sǣlde |
| 3rd sing. | sǣlde |
| 1st plur. | sǣlden |
| 2nd plur. | sǣlden |
| 3rd plur. | sǣlden |
Verbs conjugated like 'sælan'
sælan,
Verbs similar to 'sælan'
ælan,
dælan,
gælan,
hælan,
mælan,
sægan,
stælan,
swælan,
tælan,
adælan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sailijan, from Proto-Germanic *sailijaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*sailijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Swā iċ mōdsefan · mīnne sceōlde,
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oft earmċeariġ, · ēðle bidǣled,
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frēomǣgum feor, · feterum sǣlan, (Like I should my heart,
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oft wretched, bereft of homeland,
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far from noble kinsmen, bind with fetters,) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Cognates
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