Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse selr ‎(“seal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛːl/, [sɛːˀl]

Noun

sæl c (singular definite sælen, plural indefinite sæler)

1. seal (Phocidae)

Synonyms

• sælhund c

Derived terms

• Sjælland
• sælskind (sealskin)

Inflection

See also

• søløve

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sail̥/, [sai̯ːɬ]
• Rhymes: -aiːl

Interjection

sæl

1. hi, hello (to a female or a mixed male/female group)

See also

• sæll

Anagrams

• læs

Old English

Alternative forms

• sel
• sele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæl/

Noun

sæl n ‎(nominative plural salu)

1. room, great hall, (large) house, castle

   Wuna salu sinchroden. — By custom, ornately decorated halls.

Declension

Derived terms

• burgsæl n — city-hall, house
• folcsæl m — folk-hall
• hornsæl m — house with gables
• sælþ f — dwelling, house
• wīnsæl n — wine-hall

Descendants

• Middle English: sale

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæːl/

Noun

sǣl ?

1. happiness, prosperity
2. (proper) occasion, time; season, opportunity, condition, position

   Ðás wyrte man mæg niman on ǽlcne sǽl. — This plant may be gathered at any time.

Declension

Derived terms

• sǣlan, sēlan — to take place, happen; to tie, bind, fetter, fasten: curb, restrain, confine
• sǣlig — happy, prosperous
• sǣlige — happily
• sǣliglic — happy, blessed, fortunate
• sǣliglīce — happily, blessedly, fortunately
• sǣlignes f — happiness.
• sǣlþ, sȳlþ f — happiness, prosperity, blessing
• sǣlwang m — fertile plain.

Descendants

• English: sele, seel

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", sæl et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), sæl.