sælic

Middle High German

FWOTD – 18 October 2017

Alternative forms

  • sælec

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛːlik/

Adjective

sælic

  1. happy, joyful
  2. 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!

Declension

Positive forms of sælic
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

  • German: selig
  • Luxembourgish: séileg
  • Silesian East Central German: salig (Gebirgsschlesisch); sälig; selig (Breslauisch)
    • ⇒ Silesian East Central German: glücksälig (also Breslauisch)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saiwilīk, equivalent to sǣ +‎ -līċ. Cognate with Old High German sēolīh (“marine, maritime”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæːˌliːt͡ʃ/

Adjective

sǣlīċ

  1. of the sea; marine, maritime
    • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:
      On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.
      On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves of the sea into its own place.

Declension

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
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sǣlīċa sǣlīċe sǣlīċe
Accusative sǣlīċan sǣlīċan sǣlīċe
Genitive sǣlīċan sǣlīċan sǣlīċan
Dative sǣlīċan sǣlīċan sǣlīċan
Instrumental sǣlīċan sǣlīċan sǣlīċan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sǣlīċan sǣlīċan sǣlīċan
Accusative sǣlīċan sǣlīċan sǣlīċan
Genitive sǣlīcra, sǣlīċena sǣlīcra, sǣlīċena sǣlīcra, sǣlīċena
Dative sǣlīċum sǣlīċum sǣlīċum
Instrumental sǣlīċum sǣlīċum sǣlīċum

Derived terms

References

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