sælig

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsæː.lij/

Adjective

sǣliġ

lucky, fortunate, prosperous, happy

Declension

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Derived terms

earfoþsǣliġ (“unhappy, unblessed, unfortunate”)
heardsǣliġ (“unfortunate, unhappy”)
ofersǣliġ (“excessively happy, fortunate”)
sǣliġe (“happily”)
sǣliġlīċ, sǣllīċ (“happy, blessed, fortunate”)
sǣliġlīċe (“happily, fortunately”)
sǣliġnes (“happiness”)
unsǣliġ (“unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, mischievous, pernicious, wicked.”)
wansǣliġ (“unhappy”)
wifsǣliġ (“fortunate”)
ġesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)

Related terms

sēliġ

Descendants

Middle English: sēlī
- English: silly, sely
- Scots: seelie

References

John R. Clark Hall (1916), “sælig”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sælig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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