sealt

Middle English

Noun

sealt

Alternative form of salt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saltą (“salt”), *saltaz (“salty”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-. Akin to Old Saxon salt, Old Frisian salt, Old Dutch salt, Old High German salz, Old Norse salt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sæɑlt/

Noun

sealt n (nominative plural sealt)

common salt (sodium chloride)

Declension

Declension of sealt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sealt	sealt
accusative	sealt	sealt
genitive	sealtes	sealta
dative	sealte	sealtum

Adjective

sealt

salt, salty, salted
sealte flodas ― salt waters

Declension

Declension of sealt — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sealt	sealt	sealt
Accusative	sealtne	sealte	sealt
Genitive	sealtes	sealtre	sealtes
Dative	sealtum	sealtre	sealtum
Instrumental	sealte	sealtre	sealte
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sealte	sealta, -e	sealt
Accusative	sealte	sealta, -e	sealt
Genitive	sealtra	sealtra	sealtra
Dative	sealtum	sealtum	sealtum
Instrumental	sealtum	sealtum	sealtum

Declension of sealt — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sealta	sealte	sealte
Accusative	sealtan	sealtan	sealte
Genitive	sealtan	sealtan	sealtan
Dative	sealtan	sealtan	sealtan
Instrumental	sealtan	sealtan	sealtan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sealtan	sealtan	sealtan
Accusative	sealtan	sealtan	sealtan
Genitive	sealtra, sealtena	sealtra, sealtena	sealtra, sealtena
Dative	sealtum	sealtum	sealtum
Instrumental	sealtum	sealtum	sealtum

Derived terms

verbs

sealtan
sieltan
gesieltan

nouns

sealtærn
sealtbrōc
sealtere
sealtern
sealtfæt
sealthalgung
sealtherpæþ

sealthus
sealtleah
sealtleap
sealtnes
sealtsæleþa
sealtseaþ
sealtstan
sealtstræt
sealtwic
sealtwielle
sealtyþ

adjectives

sealten

Descendants

Middle English: salt
- English: salt
- Scots: sawt, salt, saut