vesall

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛊᚨᛚᛁᛉ (*wajesaliʀ /⁠wajēsālīʀ⁠/), equivalent to ve- (miserably, (very) poorly) +‎ sæll (well, fortunate, happy) (compare veill from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛃᛖᚺᚨᛁᛚᚨᛉ (*wajehailaʀ) and also Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ (wajemariʀ /⁠wajēmārīʀ⁠/, ill reputed, infamous)). This word must be fairly old; there is no i-umlaut on the second element. Compare with the younger and more transparent ósæll.

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

  • Icelandic: vesæll, vesall
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vesall, vesal (dialectal) visall’e, vesål, vesæl
  • Elfdalian: wisäl, wisel
  • Swedish: vesäll