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Old English · noun

sealh

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/sæ͜ɑlx/
[sæ͜ɑɫx]
Syllables
sæ͜ɑlx (1 syllable)
Modern English
sallowsallysellywillow

Meaning

  1. willow, sallow

Declension

Declension of sealh
SingularPlural
Nominative sealhsēalas
Accusative sealhsēalas
Genitive sēalessēala
Dative sēalesēalum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *salh, from Proto-Germanic *salhô (“willow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”). Cognate with Old High German salaha (“willow”), Old Norse selja (“willow”). More at sallow.

Descendants

sallow, sally, selly

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