SÄLL

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Origin and Meaning

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Old Norse

sæll = 'blissful', 'happy' [1] [2]

Old Swedish

sæl = 'blissful', 'happy' [3]
sæld = 'bliss' [4]
sǣld = 'bliss' [5]
sæll = 'blissful', 'happy' [3]

Gothic

sels = 'blissful', 'happy' [2]

Old High German

sālida = 'bliss' [5]
sālīg = 'blissful', 'happy' [5]
sālīg = 'blissful', 'happy' [5]

Swedish

säll = 'blissful', 'happy' [3]

Norwegian

sæl = 'blissful', 'happy' [3]

Related Names

See Sälla, Salida

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
AR see Ársæll
AST see Ástsæll
DIS see Selldis
FRID see Sällfrid
HLIF see Sellif
MAR see Selmar
NY see Sällny
VAR see Sällvar
VARD see Sällvar
VI see Sällvi
ÞOR see Seldor

First Element Forms

Sel- Sell- Säl- Säll-

Last Element Forms

-sæl -sæll

References

  1. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
  4. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)