sæl

From Old Norse selr (“seal”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛːl/, [sɛːˀl]

sæl c (singular definite sælen, plural indefinite sæler)

1. seal (Phocidae)

• sælhund c

• Sjælland
• sælskind (sealskin)

• søløve

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

sæl

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

• sæll

• læs

• sel
• sele

From Proto-Germanic *salą, from Indo-European. Cognate with Old High German sal, German Saal (“hall, large room”), Old Saxon sal, Dutch zaal. Compare sele, from a Germanic variant stem.

• IPA^(key): /sæl/

sæl n (nominative plural salu)

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

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

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

• Middle English: sale

From Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

• IPA^(key): /sæːl/

sǣl m or f

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.

Masculine

Feminine

• 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.

• Middle English: sele, cele, seel, sel
  • English: sele, seel

• 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.