sæl
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sal"
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sæl c (singular definite sælen, plural indefinite sæler)
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Declension of sæl
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- sælhund c
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sæl n (singular definite sælet, plural indefinite sæl)
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- Norwegian Bokmål: sel
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sæl
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Adjective edit
sæl (neuter sælt, definite singular and plural sæle, comparative sælare, indefinite superlative sælast, definite superlative sælaste)
- happy, joyful
- satisfied
- 1866, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Storegut, page 32:
- „D’er godt at faa,“ so sagde tidt han Fa’r,
„ei unger Kone og ein gamal Gard.
D’er lett med desse tvo at liva vel;
og Skam faa den, som ei med det er sæl.“- “It’s good to have”, father often said,
“a young wife and an old farm.
With these two it is easy to live well;
and shame on him who is not satisfied with that.”
- “It’s good to have”, father often said,
- blessed
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References edit
- “sæl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sal, from Proto-Germanic *salą. Cognate with Old High German sal, German Saal (“hall, large room”), Old Saxon sal, Dutch zaal. Compare sele, from a Germanic variant stem.
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Noun edit
sæl n (nominative plural salu)
Declension edit
Declension of sæl (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
- burgsæl (“city-hall, house”)
- folcsæl (“folk-hall”)
- hornsæl (“house with gables”)
- sælþ (“dwelling, house”)
- wīnsæl (“wine-hall”)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sāli, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.
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Noun edit
sǣl m or f
- happiness, prosperity
- (proper) occasion, time; season, opportunity, condition, position
- Ðās wyrte man mæg niman on ǣlcne sǣl.
- This plant may be gathered at any time.
- (Lchdm. i. 112, 3.)
Declension edit
- Masculine
Declension of sæl (strong a-stem)
- Feminine
Declension of sæl (strong i-stem)
Derived terms edit
- sǣlan (“to take place, happen; to tie, bind, fetter, fasten: curb, restrain, confine”)
- sǣlig (“happy, prosperous”)
- sǣlige (“happily”)
- sǣliglic (“happy, blessed, fortunate”)
- sǣliglīce (“happily, blessedly, fortunately”)
- sǣlignes (“happiness”)
- sǣlþ, sȳlþ (“happiness, prosperity, blessing”)
- sǣlwang (“fertile plain”)
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References edit
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “sæl”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sæl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.