unsælig

Old English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sǣliġ. Cognate with Old High German unsālig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunˌsæː.lij/

Adjective

unsǣliġ

1. (of people) unhappy, unblessed, miserable as being evil
2. (of things) unhappy, bringing misery

Declension

Declension of unsǣliġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unsǣliġ	unsǣliġu, unsǣlġu, unsǣliġo, unsǣlġo	unsǣliġ
Accusative	unsǣliġne	unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe	unsǣliġ
Genitive	unsǣliġes, unsǣlġes	unsǣliġre	unsǣliġes, unsǣlġes
Dative	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġre	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum
Instrumental	unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe	unsǣliġre	unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe	unsǣliġa, unsǣlġa, unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe	unsǣliġu, unsǣlġu, unsǣliġo, unsǣlġo
Accusative	unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe	unsǣliġa, unsǣlġa, unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe	unsǣliġu, unsǣlġu, unsǣliġo, unsǣlġo
Genitive	unsǣliġra	unsǣliġra	unsǣliġra
Dative	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum
Instrumental	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum

Declension of unsǣliġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unsǣliġa, unsǣlġa	unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe	unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe
Accusative	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġe, unsǣlġe
Genitive	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan
Dative	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan
Instrumental	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan
Accusative	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan	unsǣliġan, unsǣlġan
Genitive	unsǣliġra, unsǣliġena, unsǣlġena	unsǣliġra, unsǣliġena, unsǣlġena	unsǣliġra, unsǣliġena, unsǣlġena
Dative	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum
Instrumental	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum	unsǣliġum, unsǣlġum

Descendants

• Middle English: unsely
  • English: unsilly
• English: unseelie

References

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