vesall
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- vesæll
Etymology
From the negating particle, prefix or noun ve (“misery”) (whence Old Norse veill) + sæll (“well, fortunate, happy”) (cf. Latin vē-, English seel). Parallel form to úsæll.
Adjective
vesall
- wretched
Derived terms
- vesala
- vesalingr
- vesla
- veslingr
- veslugr
Descendants
- Swedish: vesäll
- Elfdalian: wisäl, wisel
- Westrobothnian: hwällh (< *(h)vesl, cf. vesl-)
- Norwegian: vesal, vesall