vesall

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the negating particle, prefix or noun ve (“misery”) (whence also veill, Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (wajemāriz)) + sæll (“well, fortunate, happy”) (cf. Latin vē-, English seel). Parallel form to úsæll.

Adjective

vesall

  1. wretched

Declension
    Strong declension of vesall
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vesall vesul, vesǫl vesalt
accusative veslan, vesalan vesla, vesala vesalt
dative veslum, vesǫlum vesalli veslu, vesǫlu
genitive vesals vesallar vesals
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative veslir, vesalir veslar, vesalar vesul, vesǫl
accusative vesla, vesala veslar, vesalar vesul, vesǫl
dative veslum, vesǫlum veslum, vesǫlum veslum, vesǫlum
genitive vesalla vesalla vesalla
    Weak declension of vesall
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vesli, vesali vesla, vesala vesla, vesala
accusative vesla, vesala veslu, vesǫlu vesla, vesala
dative vesla, vesala veslu, vesǫlu vesla, vesala
genitive vesla, vesala veslu, vesǫlu vesla, vesala
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative veslu, vesǫlu veslu, vesǫlu veslu, vesǫlu
accusative veslu, vesǫlu veslu, vesǫlu veslu, vesǫlu
dative veslum, vesǫlum veslum, vesǫlum veslum, vesǫlum
genitive veslu, vesǫlu veslu, vesǫlu veslu, vesǫlu

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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