sælic

Middle High German

FWOTD – 18 October 2017

Alternative forms

• sælec

Etymology

From Old High German sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːlik/

Adjective

sælic

1. happy, joyful
2. blessed, blissful
   • c. 1250, Gottfried von Niefen, Sælic sî diu wunne, refrain:

     Sælic, sælic sî diu wunne,
     sælic sî des wunnebernden meien zît,
     sælic sî der vogel singen,
     sælic sî diu ouwe, sælic sî der walt!

     Blessed, blessed be joy,
     blessed be the joy-bringing time of May,
     blessed be the birds' singing,
     blessed be the meadow, blessed be the woods!

Descendants

• German: selig
• Luxembourgish: séileg
• Silesian East Central German: salig (Gebirgsschlesisch); sälig; selig (Breslauisch)
  • ⇒ Silesian East Central German: glücksälig (also Breslauisch)

Old English

Etymology

From sǣ +‎ -līċ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæːˌliːt͡ʃ/

Adjective

sǣlīċ

1. of the sea; marine, maritime

Declension

Declension of sǣlīċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sǣlīċ	sǣlīċ, sǣlīċu, sǣlīċo	sǣlīċ
Accusative	sǣlīcne	sǣlīċe	sǣlīċ
Genitive	sǣlīċes	sǣlīcre	sǣlīċes
Dative	sǣlīċum	sǣlīcre	sǣlīċum
Instrumental	sǣlīċe	sǣlīcre	sǣlīċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sǣlīċe	sǣlīċa, sǣlīċe	sǣlīċ, sǣlīċu, sǣlīċo
Accusative	sǣlīċe	sǣlīċa, sǣlīċe	sǣlīċ, sǣlīċu, sǣlīċo
Genitive	sǣlīcra	sǣlīcra	sǣlīcra
Dative	sǣlīċum	sǣlīċum	sǣlīċum
Instrumental	sǣlīċum	sǣlīċum	sǣlīċum

Declension of sǣlīċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sǣlīċa	sǣlīċe	sǣlīċe
Accusative	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċe
Genitive	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan
Dative	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan
Instrumental	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan
Accusative	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan	sǣlīċan
Genitive	sǣlīcra, sǣlīċena	sǣlīcra, sǣlīċena	sǣlīcra, sǣlīċena
Dative	sǣlīċum	sǣlīċum	sǣlīċum
Instrumental	sǣlīċum	sǣlīċum	sǣlīċum

Derived terms

• ofersǣlīċ (“transmarine”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sǣlīċ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.