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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

salig.

blessed, saved, granted eternal life

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. blessed, saved, granted eternal life

    Salige er de fattige i ånden.
    Salig er den som ikke følger ugudelige menneskers råd og ikke slår inn på synderes vei eller sitter sammen med spottere. (From the Book of Psalms in the Bible)
  2. blissful, blessed, immensely happy

    Hun var i en salig rus.
  3. used humorously and as an adverb intensifier

Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (compare Old Norse sæll, Norwegian sæl).

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