Old English · noun

gælsa

Normalised gǣlsa

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈɡæːl.sɑ/
[ˈɡæːɫ.zɑ]
Syllables: ˈɡæːl · sɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: luxury extravagance glutton

Meaning

luxury; extravagance
a glutton

Declension

Declension of gælsa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gǣlsa	gǣlsan
Accusative	gǣlsan	gǣlsan
Genitive	gǣlsan	gǣlsena
Dative	gǣlsan	gǣlsum

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *gailisōn (“to be wanton, live luxuriously, be voluptuous”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“luxurious, voluptious, extravagant”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylo- (“to foam, be arrogant, be boisterous, be violent”).

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