seelie

See also: Seelie

Scots

Alternative forms

sealy
seely
seilie
seily

Etymology

From Middle English sely, from Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), (also gesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”). Equivalent to seil +‎ -ie.

Adjective

seelie (comparative mair seelie, superlative maist seelie)

Derived terms

seelie court (“the fairy court”)
seelie wicht (“fairy”)

Further reading

“seelie” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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