sælig

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sēlīgaz. Cognate with Old Saxon sālig, Old High German sālig (“blessed, fortunate”); compare with Dutch zalig (“blessed”), German selig (“blessed, overjoyed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæː.lij/

Adjective

sǣliġ

1. blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy

Declension

Declension of sǣliġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sǣliġ	sǣliġu, sǣlġu, sǣliġo, sǣlġo	sǣliġ
Accusative	sǣliġne	sǣliġe, sǣlġe	sǣliġ
Genitive	sǣliġes, sǣlġes	sǣliġre	sǣliġes, sǣlġes
Dative	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġre	sǣliġum, sǣlġum
Instrumental	sǣliġe, sǣlġe	sǣliġre	sǣliġe, sǣlġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sǣliġe, sǣlġe	sǣliġa, sǣlġa, sǣliġe, sǣlġe	sǣliġu, sǣlġu, sǣliġo, sǣlġo
Accusative	sǣliġe, sǣlġe	sǣliġa, sǣlġa, sǣliġe, sǣlġe	sǣliġu, sǣlġu, sǣliġo, sǣlġo
Genitive	sǣliġra	sǣliġra	sǣliġra
Dative	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġum, sǣlġum
Instrumental	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġum, sǣlġum

Declension of sǣliġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sǣliġa, sǣlġa	sǣliġe, sǣlġe	sǣliġe, sǣlġe
Accusative	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġe, sǣlġe
Genitive	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan
Dative	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan
Instrumental	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan
Accusative	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan	sǣliġan, sǣlġan
Genitive	sǣliġra, sǣliġena, sǣlġena	sǣliġra, sǣliġena, sǣlġena	sǣliġra, sǣliġena, sǣlġena
Dative	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġum, sǣlġum
Instrumental	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġum, sǣlġum	sǣliġum, sǣlġum

Derived terms

• earfoþsǣliġ (“unhappy, unblessed, unfortunate”)
• heardsǣliġ (“unfortunate, unhappy”)
• ofersǣliġ (“excessively happy, fortunate”)
• sǣliġe (“happilly”)
• 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^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sælig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.