sälle

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sælle (“a companion”), from Middle Low German selle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saljô (“a roommate”). Related to sal (“a large room, a hall”). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian selle.

Noun

sälle c

  1. (obsolete) a companion
    Synonyms: kamrat, stallbroder
  2. (chiefly derogatory) a fellow
    Min systerson är en okunnig och osofistikerad sälle.
    My nephew is an ignorant and unsophisticated fellow.
    • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1973], “Domarboken [Judges] 9:4”, in Bibel 2000‎[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 20 November 2025:
      De gav honom 70 siklar silver från Baal Berits tempel, och för dem lejde Avimelek en hop råa sällar som följde honom.
      They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the temple of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows who followed him.

Declension

Declension of sälle
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sälle sälles
definite sällen sällens
plural indefinite sällar sällars
definite sällarna sällarnas

Adjective

sälle

  1. definite natural masculine singular of säll

References

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