seelie
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See also: Seelie
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English sely, from Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), (also gesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”). Equivalent to seil + -ie.
Adjective[edit]
seelie (comparative mair seelie, superlative maist seelie)
Derived terms[edit]
- seelie court (“the fairy court”)
- seelie wicht (“fairy”)
Further reading[edit]
- “seelie” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Categories:
- Scots terms inherited from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Middle English
- Scots terms inherited from Old English
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Scots terms suffixed with -ie
- Scots lemmas
- Scots adjectives