winsæl

Old English

Etymology

From wīn (“wine”) +‎ sæl (“hall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnˌsæl/

Noun

wīnsæl n

1. (poetic) wine-hall
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
     drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

     The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
     deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wīnsæl	wīnsalu
accusative	wīnsæl	wīnsalu
genitive	wīnsæles	wīnsala
dative	wīnsæle	wīnsalum

References

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