"seelie" meaning in Scots

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Adjective

Forms: mair seelie [comparative], maist seelie [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English sely, from Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), (also gesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”). Equivalent to seil + -ie. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|sely|}} Middle English sely, {{inh|sco|ang|sǣliġ||blessed, fortunate}} Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*sālīg||happy}} Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”), {{suffix|sco|seil|-ie}} seil + -ie Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair seelie|||||superlative|maist seelie||||}} seelie (comparative mair seelie, superlative maist seelie), {{sco-adj}} seelie (comparative mair seelie, superlative maist seelie)
  1. blessed, holy
    Sense id: en-seelie-sco-adj-1nT6In~E Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 17 0 27 0 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 45 12 4 33 5 Disambiguation of Scots terms suffixed with -ie: 53 8 4 30 5
  2. fortunate, lucky, prosperous
    Sense id: en-seelie-sco-adj-36PeGgKN
  3. happy
    Sense id: en-seelie-sco-adj-SJ9xnK35
  4. innocent
    Sense id: en-seelie-sco-adj-TJVTgCL4
  5. helpless
    Sense id: en-seelie-sco-adj-7vmKeZ4S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sealy, seely, seilie, seily Derived forms: seelie court (english: the fairy court), seelie wicht (english: fairy)
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the fairy court",
      "word": "seelie court"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fairy",
      "word": "seelie wicht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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        "3": "sely",
        "4": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sǣliġ",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sālīg",
        "4": "",
        "5": "happy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "seil",
        "3": "-ie"
      },
      "expansion": "seil + -ie",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sely, from Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), (also gesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”). Equivalent to seil + -ie.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mair seelie",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maist seelie",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "maist seelie",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "mair seelie",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "seelie (comparative mair seelie, superlative maist seelie)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "_dis": "56 17 0 27 0",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 12 4 33 5",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots terms suffixed with -ie",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blessed, holy"
      ],
      "id": "en-seelie-sco-adj-1nT6In~E",
      "links": [
        [
          "blessed",
          "blessed"
        ],
        [
          "holy",
          "holy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortunate, lucky, prosperous"
      ],
      "id": "en-seelie-sco-adj-36PeGgKN",
      "links": [
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ],
        [
          "prosperous",
          "prosperous"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "happy"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "innocent"
      ],
      "id": "en-seelie-sco-adj-TJVTgCL4",
      "links": [
        [
          "innocent",
          "innocent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "helpless"
      ],
      "id": "en-seelie-sco-adj-7vmKeZ4S",
      "links": [
        [
          "helpless",
          "helpless"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sealy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seely"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seilie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seily"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seelie"
}
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    "Scots adjectives",
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
    "Scots terms derived from Old English",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Scots terms suffixed with -ie"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "the fairy court",
      "word": "seelie court"
    },
    {
      "english": "fairy",
      "word": "seelie wicht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sely",
        "4": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sǣliġ",
        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sālīg",
        "4": "",
        "5": "happy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "seil",
        "3": "-ie"
      },
      "expansion": "seil + -ie",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sely, from Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), (also gesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”). Equivalent to seil + -ie.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mair seelie",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maist seelie",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "maist seelie",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
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        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "mair seelie",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "seelie (comparative mair seelie, superlative maist seelie)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seelie (comparative mair seelie, superlative maist seelie)",
      "name": "sco-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blessed, holy"
      ],
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        [
          "blessed",
          "blessed"
        ],
        [
          "holy",
          "holy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortunate, lucky, prosperous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ],
        [
          "prosperous",
          "prosperous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "happy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "innocent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "innocent",
          "innocent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "helpless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "helpless",
          "helpless"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sealy"
    },
    {
      "word": "seely"
    },
    {
      "word": "seilie"
    },
    {
      "word": "seily"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seelie"
}

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