winsæl
Old English
Etymology
From wīn (“wine”) + sæl (“hall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːnˌsæl/
Noun
wīnsæl n
- (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,
- The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wīnsæl | wīnsalu |
| accusative | wīnsæl | wīnsalu |
| genitive | wīnsæles | wīnsala |
| dative | wīnsæle | wīnsalum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīnsæl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.