† i-seliadj.
Obsolete.
Happy, fortunate, prosperous.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective]
i-selic888
wealyc893
blaed-fastOE
i-sundfulc1000
full-thrivenc1175
well-donea1200
wealfulc1230
i-selec1275
neotsumc1275
prosperc1350
wealsomea1382
well begonea1393
prosperable?c1422
thriftyc1440
prosperousc1450
quartful?c1475
wealthyc1480
wella1500
prospering1587
felicious1599
thriving1607
felicitous1641
prospered1651
well-faring1712
well-doing1800
made-up1956
the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective]
eadyeOE
i-selic888
i-sundfulc1000
seelya1272
graciousa1387
brighta1413
happy1477
beneurous1483
benewred1483
feliciousc1485
sunshine1594
faust1676
roseate1787
as happy (or jolly, etc.) as a sandboy1821
felicitous1824
happy as Larry1905
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxvi. §1 Hweðer micel feoh mæge ænigne mon don swa gesæline, ðæt he nanes þinges maran ne þyrfe.
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. ii. §9 Hi fram gesælgum tidum gilpað.
OE Genesis 1138 Seth wæs gesælig.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 15 Ȝef we weren iseli.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Iselie beoð efre þa mildheortan.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 138 Eadi is he & iseli.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14402 Snel cniht wes Carric ah he nes noht iseli.
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