geselda

Old English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈsel.dɑ/, [jeˈseɫ.dɑ]

Noun

ġeselda m

1. (poetic) companion, comrade
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
     grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað
     seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.

     when mind goes through memory of kinsmen,
     greets with mirths, eagerly looks through
     comrades of men. They often swim away.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġeselda	ġeseldan
accusative	ġeseldan	ġeseldan
genitive	ġeseldan	ġeseldena
dative	ġeseldan	ġeseldum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ġeselda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.