gisslan

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gislan (noun), from gisla (verb), from Old Norse gísl, from Proto-Norse ᚨᛊᚢᚷᛁᛊᚨᛚᚨᛊ (asugisalas), from *ᚷᛁᛊᛚᚨᛉ (*gislaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz (“hostage”).

Cognate of Danish gidsel, Icelandic gísl, Middle Low German gīsel, German Geisel, Old English ġīsel. Compare Old Irish gíall (“hostage”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gisslan c

1. hostage (person given as a pledge or security)

Declension

Declension of gisslan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gisslan	gisslan	gisslan	-
Genitive	gisslans	gisslans	gisslans	-

Derived terms

• gisslanförhandlare

References

• gisslan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gisslan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gisslan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gisslan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

• gisslan in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• inslags, singlas, slingas