sælic
Middle High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old High German sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sælic
- happy, joyful
- blessed, blissful
- c. 1250, Gottfried von Niefen, Sælic sî diu wunne, refrain:
- Sælic, sælic sî diu wunne,
sælic sî des wunnebernden meien zît,
sælic sî der vogel singen,
sælic sî diu ouwe, sælic sî der walt!- Blessed, blessed be joy,
blessed be the joy-bringing time of May,
blessed be the birds' singing,
blessed be the meadow, blessed be the woods!
- Blessed, blessed be joy,
- c. 1250, Gottfried von Niefen, Sælic sî diu wunne, refrain:
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of sælic
| number & gender | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | nonneuter | neuter | ||
| strong declension | nominative | sælicer | sæliciu | sæliceȥ | sælice | sæliciu |
| genitive | sælices | sælicer(e) | sælices | sælicer(e) | ||
| dative | sælicem(e) | sælicer(e) | sælicem(e) | sælicen | ||
| accusative | sælicen | sælice | sæliceȥ | sælice | sæliciu | |
| weak declension | nominative | dër sælice | diu sælice | daȥ sælice | die sælicen | diu sælicen |
| genitive | dës sælicen | dër sælicen | dës sælicen | dër sælicen | ||
| dative | dëm sælicen | dër sælicen | dëm sælicen | dën sælicen | ||
| accusative | dën sælicen | die sælicen | daȥ sælice | die sælicen | diu sælicen | |
Descendants
[edit]- German: selig
- Luxembourgish: séileg
- Silesian East Central German: salig (Gebirgsschlesisch); sälig; selig (Breslauisch)
- ⇒ Silesian East Central German: glücksälig (also Breslauisch)
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *saiwilīk, equivalent to sǣ + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German sēolīh (“marine, maritime”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sǣlīċ
Declension
[edit]Declension of sǣlīċ — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sǣlīċ | sǣlīċ, sǣlīċu, sǣlīċo | sǣlīċ |
| Accusative | sǣlīcne | sǣlīċe | sǣlīċ |
| Genitive | sǣlīċes | sǣlīcre | sǣlīċes |
| Dative | sǣlīċum | sǣlīcre | sǣlīċum |
| Instrumental | sǣlīċe | sǣlīcre | sǣlīċe |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sǣlīċe | sǣlīċa, sǣlīċe | sǣlīċ, sǣlīċu, sǣlīċo |
| Accusative | sǣlīċe | sǣlīċa, sǣlīċe | sǣlīċ, sǣlīċu, sǣlīċo |
| Genitive | sǣlīcra | sǣlīcra | sǣlīcra |
| Dative | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum |
| Instrumental | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum |
Declension of sǣlīċ — Weak
Derived terms
[edit]- ofersǣlīċ (“transmarine”)
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sǣlīċ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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