geslean

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ slēan. Cognate with Old High German gislahan.

Verb

ġeslēan

To strike (with something), smite, slay, quell, kill, fight.
To strike with a stamp or hammer, to coin money, forge implements; smith.
To gain or obtain by fighting.
To drive, fix a peg or stake, pitch a tent.
(of an adder) To sting

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeslēan (strong class 6)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	ġeslēan	tō ġeslēanne
1st-person singular	ġeslēa	ġeslōh
2nd-person singular	ġeslehst	ġeslōge
3rd-person singular	ġeslīhþ	ġeslōh
plural	ġeslēaþ	ġeslōgon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	ġeslēa	ġeslōge
plural	ġeslēan	ġeslōgen
imperative
singular	ġesleh
plural	ġeslēaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeslegende	ġeslagen

References

gesleán in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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