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”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === gisslan c hostage (person given as a pledge or security) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gisslanförhandlare === References === “gisslan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gisslan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gisslan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) gisslan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Further reading === “gisslan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === inslags, singlas, slingas