sælig
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsæː.lij/
Adjective
sǣliġ
- lucky, fortunate, prosperous, happy
Declension
Declension of sǣliġ — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sǣliġ | sǣliġu, sǣlġu, sǣliġo, sǣlġo | sǣliġ |
| Accusative | sǣliġne | sǣliġe, sǣlġe | sǣliġ |
| Genitive | sǣliġes, sǣlġes | sǣliġre | sǣliġes, sǣlġes |
| Dative | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġre | sǣliġum, sǣlġum |
| Instrumental | sǣliġe, sǣlġe | sǣliġre | sǣliġe, sǣlġe |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sǣliġe, sǣlġe | sǣliġa, sǣlġa, sǣliġe, sǣlġe | sǣliġu, sǣlġu, sǣliġo, sǣlġo |
| Accusative | sǣliġe, sǣlġe | sǣliġa, sǣlġa, sǣliġe, sǣlġe | sǣliġu, sǣlġu, sǣliġo, sǣlġo |
| Genitive | sǣliġra | sǣliġra | sǣliġra |
| Dative | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġum, sǣlġum |
| Instrumental | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġum, sǣlġum |
Declension of sǣliġ — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sǣliġa, sǣlġa | sǣliġe, sǣlġe | sǣliġe, sǣlġe |
| Accusative | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġe, sǣlġe |
| Genitive | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan |
| Dative | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan |
| Instrumental | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan |
| Accusative | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan | sǣliġan, sǣlġan |
| Genitive | sǣliġra, sǣliġena, sǣlġena | sǣliġra, sǣliġena, sǣlġena | sǣliġra, sǣliġena, sǣlġena |
| Dative | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġum, sǣlġum |
| Instrumental | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġum, sǣlġum | sǣliġum, sǣlġum |
Derived terms
- earfoþsǣliġ (“unhappy, unblessed, unfortunate”)
- ġesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)
- heardsǣliġ (“unfortunate, unhappy”)
- ofersǣliġ (“excessively happy, fortunate”)
- sǣliġe (“happily”)
- sǣliġlīċe (“happily, fortunately”)
- sǣliġlīċ, sǣllīċ (“happy, blessed, fortunate”)
- sǣliġnes (“happiness”)
- unsǣliġ (“unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, mischievous, pernicious, wicked.”)
- wansǣliġ (“unhappy”)
- wifsǣliġ (“fortunate”)
Related terms
- sēliġ
Descendants
- Middle English: sēlī
- English: silly, sely
- Scots: seelie
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “sælig”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sælig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.