seelie

Scots

Alternative forms

sealy
seely
seilie
seily

Etymology

from Middle English sely, from Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), (also gesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)), from Proto-Germanic *sēlīgaz (“happy”), equivalent to seil +‎ -ie. Cognate with English sely.

Adjective

seelie (comparative mair seelie, superlative maist seelie)

Derived terms

seelie court (“the fairy court”)
seelie wicht (“fairy”)

Further reading

“seelie” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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