† i-ˈseli, a. Obs.
[OE. ᵹesǽliᵹ, f. ᵹe-, i-1 + sǽliᵹ happy: see silly.]
Happy, fortunate, prosperous.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxvi. §1 Hweðer micel feoh mæᵹe æniᵹne mon don swa ᵹesæline, ðæt he nanes þinges maran ne þyrfe. c 893 ― Oros. v. ii. §9 Hi fram ᵹesælᵹum tidum ᵹilpað. a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. 1138 Seth wæs ᵹesæliᵹ. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 15 Ȝef we weren iseli. Ibid. 109 Iselie beoð efre þa mildheortan. c 1205 Lay. 28861 Snel cniht wes Carriz, ah he nes noht iseli. a 1225 Ancr. R. 308 Eadi is he and iseli. |