vesall

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛊᚨᛚᛁᛉ (*wajesaliʀ /⁠wajēsālīʀ⁠/), equivalent to ve- (“miserably, (very) poorly”) +‎ sæll (“well, fortunate, happy”) (compare veill from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛃᛖᚺᚨᛁᛚᚨᛉ (*wajehailaʀ) and also Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (wajemariʀ /⁠wajēmārīʀ⁠/, “ill reputed, infamous”)). This word must be fairly old; there is no i-umlaut on the second element. Compare with the younger and more transparent ósæll.

Adjective

vesall

  1. wretched

Declension

Derived terms

  • vesala
  • vesalingr
  • vesla
  • veslingr
  • veslugr

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vesall, vesal (dialectal) visall’e, vesål, vesæl
  • Elfdalian: wisäl, wisel
  • Swedish: vesäll
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