saalig
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sælic, sælec, nominalized sælde, from Old High German sālīg, nominalized sālida, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, derived from *sāli. Compare German seelig.
Adjective edit
saalig
- (Erzgebirgisch) very or deeply happy; overjoyed
- (Erzgebirgisch) unworried; unanxious; tranquil
- (Erzgebirgisch, Christianity) blessed
- (Erzgebirgisch, Christianity) having been granted the eternal happiness of heaven
Further reading edit
- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 94