sæll
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sæll (“happy”), from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sæll (comparative sælari, superlative sælastur)
Usage notes
[edit]Sæll is a very common greeting, particularly in formal situations. It inflects with the gender and plurality of the person being addressed (sæll for a man, sæl for a woman and a mixed-gender group, sælir for a group of men, and sælar for a group of women).
In slang, the plural sælir/sælar is occasionally used to address a single person; it is considered a more "cool" and relaxed greeting.
Declension
[edit] positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | sælastur | sælust | sælast |
accusative | sælastan | sælasta | sælast |
dative | sælustum | sælastri | sælustu |
genitive | sælasts | sælastrar | sælasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | sælastir | sælastar | sælust |
accusative | sælasta | sælastar | sælust |
dative | sælustum | sælustum | sælustum |
genitive | sælastra | sælastra | sælastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | sælasti | sælasta | sælasta |
accusative | sælasta | sælustu | sælasta |
dative | sælasta | sælustu | sælasta |
genitive | sælasta | sælustu | sælasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | sælustu | sælustu | sælustu |
accusative | sælustu | sælustu | sælustu |
dative | sælustu | sælustu | sælustu |
genitive | sælustu | sælustu | sælustu |
Derived terms
[edit]- sæll vertu (“hello”)
- vertu sæll (“goodbye”)
- sæll og blessaður (“hello”)
- sæla (“happiness”)
References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Germanic *sēliz, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”).
Adjective
[edit]sæll (comparative sælari, superlative sælastr)
- happy, blessed, fortunate
- 800s, Hávamál, verse 69
- Es-at maðr alls vesall, // þótt sé illa hęill,
sumr es af sonum sæll,
sumr af frændum, // sumr af fé ǿrnu,
sumr af verkum vęl.- Man is not completely wretched, though he of poor health be: someone is fortunate from sons, someone from kinsmen, someone from ample cattle, someone from works done well.
- 800s, Hávamál, verse 69
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of sæll
Weak declension of sæll
Declension of comparative of sæll
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | sælari | sælari | sælara |
accusative | sælara | sælari | sælara |
dative | sælara | sælari | sælara |
genitive | sælara | sælari | sælara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | sælari | sælari | sælari |
accusative | sælari | sælari | sælari |
dative | sælurum | sælurum | sælurum |
genitive | sælari | sælari | sælari |
Strong declension of superlative of sæll
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | sælastr | sælust | sælast |
accusative | sælastan | sælasta | sælast |
dative | sælustum | sælastri | sælustu |
genitive | sælasts | sælastrar | sælasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | sælastir | sælastar | sælust |
accusative | sælasta | sælastar | sælust |
dative | sælustum | sælustum | sælustum |
genitive | sælastra | sælastra | sælastra |
Weak declension of superlative of sæll
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | sælasti | sælasta | sælasta |
accusative | sælasta | sælustu | sælasta |
dative | sælasta | sælustu | sælasta |
genitive | sælasta | sælustu | sælasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | sælustu | sælustu | sælustu |
accusative | sælustu | sælustu | sælustu |
dative | sælustum | sælustum | sælustum |
genitive | sælustu | sælustu | sælustu |
Derived terms
[edit]- ársæll (“blessed with good harvests”) (especially of a king under whose reign the realm prospers)
- friðsæll (“blessed with peace”) (especially of a king under whose reign the realm prospers)
- orðsæll (“blessed with a good reputation”)
- vesæll, vesall (“wretched, unlucky”)
- vinsæll (“blessed with many friends”)
Descendants
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- Icelandic lemmas
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