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etymological interpretation based on
Latin salvus.
Suggestions include gunþi-
saiwala- (as it were "battle-soul") and gunþis-albs ("battle-elf"). The patronymic...
- sēle, sēl (which
could also mean 'salvation', or 'solemn oath'),
Gothic saiwala, Old High
German sēula, sēla, Old
Saxon sēola, and Old
Norse sála. Present-day...
- *saiwalō 'soul' OE sāwel;
OFris sēle; OS sēola, sēla; OHG sēola, sēla – Goth.
saiwala According to
Vladimir Orel,
derived from PGmc *saiwiz ~ *saiwaz ('sea,...
