hygegælsa

== Old English == === Etymology === Analyzable as hyge (“mind, thought”) + gælsa (“excess, wantonness”), but compare gælan (“to delay”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxy.jeˌɡæːl.sɑ/, [ˈhy.jeˌɡæːɫ.zɑ] === Adjective === hyġegǣlsa slow, sluggish ==== Declension ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hyge-gǽlsa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.