geselda

Old English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈsel.dɑ/, [jeˈseɫ.dɑ]

Noun

ġeselda m

1. (poetic) companion, comrade
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
     grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað
     seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.

     when mind goes through memory of kinsmen,
     greets with mirths, eagerly looks through
     comrades of men. They often swim away.

Declension

Declension of ġeselda (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġeselda	ġeseldan
accusative	ġeseldan	ġeseldan
genitive	ġeseldan	ġeseldena
dative	ġeseldan	ġeseldum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ġeselda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.