sæl

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sal"

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse selr (“seal”).

Noun

sæl c (singular definite sælen, plural indefinite sæler)

  1. seal (Phocidae)
Inflection
Declension of sæl
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sæl sælen sæler sælerne
genitive sæls sælens sælers sælernes
Synonyms
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

From Norwegian sel

Noun

sæl n (singular definite sælet, plural indefinite sæl)

  1. (Norway) shed on a mountain pasture
Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sel

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Interjection

sæl

  1. hi, hello (to a female or a mixed male/female group)

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Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sæll.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sæl (neuter sælt, definite singular and plural sæle, comparative sælare, indefinite superlative sælast, definite superlative sælaste)

  1. happy, joyful
  2. 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.”
  3. blessed

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References

Old English

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

sæl n (nominative plural salu)

  1. room, great hall, (large) house, castle
    • Wuna salu sinchroden.
      By custom, ornately decorated halls.
Declension
Declension of sæl (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sæl salu
accusative sæl salu
genitive sæles sala
dative sæle salum
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sāli, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

Pronunciation

Noun

sǣl m or f

  1. happiness, prosperity
  2. (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
Masculine
Declension of sæl (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sǣl sǣlas
accusative sǣl sǣlas
genitive sǣles sǣla
dative sǣle sǣlum
Feminine
Declension of sæl (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sǣl sǣle, sǣla
accusative sǣl, sǣle sǣle, sǣla
genitive sǣle sǣla
dative sǣle sǣlum
Derived terms
  • 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”)
Descendants

References

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