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

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

• 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

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

• ofersǣlīċ (“transmarine”)

References

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