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selja sel, selda, seldr v

1. to hand over, deliver; s e-m e-t (�sta selr honum sverðit); s e-t í hendr e-m, to make over to one (hann seldi búit í hendr �orsteini); s vápn ór hendi sér to give up (deliver) one's weapons; s e-t fram, to deliver up; s e-m e-t til varðveizlu, to commit to another's keeping (þér skulut nú selja mér til varðveizlu vápn yður); hann kvazt hvárki vildu s grið né taka, he said that he would neither give nor receive pardon; s e-m laun, to give reward, pay; s fé at láni, to lend money; s á leigu, to put out at interest; s á frest, to give on credit;
2. to sell, part with (hann seldi land sitt); s e-t við litlu (miklu) verði, to sell for a small (great) sum; s mansali, to sell into bondage; þótti þeim konungr út seldr, a done man ( = fram seldr);
3. refl, seljast, to give oneself up (s arfsali); s út, to turn out; aldri mun þat vel ú s, it will never go well

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