gisslan

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gislan (noun), from gisla (verb), from Old Norse gísl, from Proto-Norse ᚨᛊᚢᚷᛁᛊᚨᛚᚨᛊ (asugisalas), from *ᚷᛁᛊᛚᚨᛉ (*gislaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz (“hostage”).

Cognate of Danish gidsel, Icelandic gísl, Middle Low German gīsel, German Geisel, Old English ġīsel. Compare Old Irish gíall (“hostage”).

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Noun

gisslan c

hostage (person given as a pledge or security)

Declension

Declension of gisslan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gisslan	gisslan	gisslan	-
Genitive	gisslans	gisslans	gisslans	-

Derived terms

gisslanförhandlare

References

gisslan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
gisslan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
gisslan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
gisslan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

gisslan in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

inslags, singlas, slingas

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