Sæll

Meaning of Old Norse word "sæll"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word sæll can mean:sæll

sæll

adj. [sæl, sælt], compar. sælli, sælstr (mod. sælli, but sælastr); [A. S. sæl; Old Engl. seely; Engl. silly; Germ. selig; Dan. sæl, salig; cp. the double use of Gr. εὐήθης; Engl. simple]:—blest, happy; hann þóttisk sæll ef þeir skyldi dæma mál hans, Ölk. 35; þrællinn mælti, at hann þættisk sæll ef Otkell ætti hann, Nj. 73; hann görði hana svá sæla sem þá at hón væri sælust, Sd. 187 (paper MS.); eru þeir því sælli, sem …, Gþl. 173.

sæll

2. poor; ek hefi eigi kysst kerlinguna sælu inni, BS. i. 469.

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3. phrases, sælum mönnum ok vesælum, FmS. vii. 220; senda kveðju ungum ok gömlum, sælum ok veslum, Ó. H. 126; við alla ríka ok úríka, sæla ok fátæka, wealthy and poor, FmS. i. 33: in greeting, kom heill ok sæll, Nj. 175; far heill ok sæll, FmS. vii. 197; bóndi sæll, Ísl. ii. 24: freq. in mod. usage, komdu sæil, welcome! (the address to one who comes); vertú sæll, farewell! hann kyssti kerlingu ok mælti, vertu nú heil ok sæl kerling, BS. i. 470.

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4. of a saint (cp. Germ. selig), the blessed; hinn sæli Magnús jarl, Orkn.; sælan Johannem, 623. 11; ins sæla Þorláks, BS. i. passim; ins sælsta Erasmus, MS. 655 v. 2.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements