selesecg
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sele (“hall”) + seċġ (“man”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seleseċġ m
- (poetic) retainer, hall-man
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,
hū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine
wenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas.- He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,
how his goldfriend accustomed him
to feast on youth. Mirth has completely perished.
- He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,
Declension
[edit]Declension of selesecg (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | seleseċġ | seleseċġas |
accusative | seleseċġ | seleseċġas |
genitive | seleseċġes | seleseċġa |
dative | seleseċġe | seleseċġum |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “seleseċġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.