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VESALL,
adj.,
fem.
vesul
or
vesöl,
neut.
vesalt.
The
forms
vary,
being
contracted
or
uncontracted,
veslir,
etc.,
as
well
as
vesalir,
etc.,
whence
lastly,
vesælir,
etc.:
.
contr.
veslir,
veslar,
veslum,
Al.
57,
Th.
6;
vesla
(acc.
pl.),
Hom.
109;
veslu
(gen.
fem.),
Post.
(Unger)
108;
veslir,
Ó.H.
151,
Sks.
681;
vesla
(gen.),
Fms.
viii.
242
(vesæla,
v.l.
of
a
later
vellum);
selum
ok
veslum.
.
uncontr.
vesala
=
vesla,
Fms.
ii.
46;
vesala,
Post.
(Unger)
18
(vesæla,
v.l.);
vesalir,
Al.
96,
l.
18;
this
regular
declension
is
still
in
full
use
in
Icel.
speech,
only
not
contracted,
e.g.
vesall,
vesalingr,
vesalir
(not
veslir);
vesæla,
Fas.
i.
49
(paper
MS.):
so
also
in
the
compar.
either
vesalli,
Greg.
37,
Sd.
188;
vesalla,
656
C.
34;
vesalstr,
Kormak,
Bjarn.
(in
a
verse);
but
veslari,
Barl.
23
(vesalli,
v.l.)
Ves
is
the
root,
-all
the
inflexive
syllable;
the
form
vesæll
is
a
later
form,
from
a
false
etymology,
as
if
from
vé-
privative,
and
sæll,
happy.
The
origin
of
vesall
is
dubious,
the
radical
s
is
against
a
derivation
from
the
compar.
verri,
Goth.
wairiza;
and
the
short
vowel
is
against
deriving
it
from
vás,
vés,
q.v.
The
true
etymology,
we
believe,
is
that
vesall
stands
for
'usall,'
being
derived
from
the
prep.
ur,
or-,
in
its
ancient
form
us;
Goth.
us-;
Icel.
ur-,
ör-;
this
etymology
is
confirmed
by
form
and
sense
alike;
the
old
phrases,
alls
vesall
(omnium
expers),
vesall
eigu
(proprii
expers),
were
originally
alliterative
phrases;
in
Hm.
22,
69,
vesall
is
made
to
alliterate
with
a
vowel
(vesall
maðr
ok
ílla
skapi
...
erat
maðr
alls
vesall
þótt
hann
sé
ílla
heill);
usall
is
actually
found
written
in
Nj.
(Lat.)
264,
v.l.;
the
change
of
us
into
ves
may
be
illustrated
by
the
case
of
várr
(q.v.);
it
is
the
opposite
to
that
vocalisation
of
v
which
so
frequently
takes
place.
As
to
sense,
vesall
originally
meant
bereft,
destitute
of,
=
Lat.
expers;
and
is
followed
by
a
genitive:
[the
Dan.
form
is
usel,
less
right
ussel.]
B.
Usages:
I.
with
gen.
bereft
of;
mæl
þú
alls
vesall,
Nj.
124,
v.l.;
ok
em
ek
vesall
eigu,
bereft
of
my
own,
Háv.
42
new
Ed.;
mæl
þú
alls
usall,
Nj.
(Lat.)
264,
v.l.
(but
allz
vesall
the
other
vellums):
wretched
in
respect
to,
vesall
þóttisk
þóttisk
hann
sinnar
úgæfu,
Hom.
121;
vesall
vígs,
Am.
58;
vesall
ertú
halds,
Dropl.
30;
vesöl
eru
vér
konungs,
Fms.
vi.
322.
II.
poor,
destitute,
wretched;
þú
vesall,
Ls.
40,
42;
mér
vesalli,
Stj.
523;
bað
hana
aldri
þrífask
svá
vesul
sem
hón
var,
Nj.
194;
vesöl
vættr,
Hom.
150;
veslir
menn,
poor
wretches,
Ó.H.,
l.c.;
veslir
menn
ok
vitlausir,
Barl.
25;
aumhjartaðr
við
alla
vesla
menn,
Hom.
109;
þat
er
veslum
til
vilnaðar,
Al.
57;
sú
önd
er
enn
vesalli,
Greg.
37;
þykki
mér
því
betr
sem
þú
görir
hana
vesalli,
Sd.
188;
sú
önd
er
vesöl,
...
enn
vesalli
(still
more
wretched),
er
...,
Greg.
37;
vei
verði
mér
veslum,
Th.
6;
sælum
ok
veslum,
Ó.H.
126,
Mork.
216;
vesælum,
Fms.
vii.
220,
l.c.;
sá
veit
ekki
sér
vesalla,
656
C.
34,
and
passim,
see
A
above.
III.
as
a
nickname;
inn
vesæli
(=
vesli),
Fms.
vi.
16,
17.
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