sælig

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sēlīgaz. Cognate with Old Saxon sālig, Old High German sālig (“blessed, fortunate”); compare with Dutch zalig (“blessed”), German selig (“blessed, overjoyed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsæːlij/

Adjective

sǣliġ

  1. blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy

Declension
Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative sǣliġa sǣliġe sǣliġe sǣliġan nom. sǣliġ sǣliġ sǣliġu sǣliġe sǣliġu, -e sǣliġa, -e
accusative sǣliġan sǣliġe sǣliġan acc. sǣliġne sǣliġ sǣliġe sǣliġe sǣliġu, -e sǣliġa, -e
genitive sǣliġan sǣliġra, sǣliġena gen. sǣliġes sǣliġes sǣliġre sǣliġra
dative sǣliġan sǣliġum dat. sǣliġum sǣliġum sǣliġre sǣliġum
instrumental sǣliġe

Derived terms
  • earfoþsǣliġ
  • ġesǣliġ
  • heardsǣliġ
  • ofersǣliġ
  • sǣliġe
  • sǣliġlīċe
  • sǣliġlīċ, sǣllīċ
  • sǣliġnes
  • unsǣliġ
  • wansǣliġ
  • wifsǣliġ

Descendants

Further reading
  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", sælig et al.
  • Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), sælig
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